Exhibit 1.1

EXECUTION VERSION

AMC NETWORKS INC.

(a Delaware corporation)

$1,000,000,000 4.25% Senior Notes due 2029

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

Dated: January 25, 2021

AMC NETWORKS INC.

(a Delaware corporation)

$1,000,000,000 4.25% Senior Notes due 2029

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

January 25, 2021

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

As Representative of the Underwriters Named in Schedule I

Ladies and Gentlemen:

AMC Networks Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (collectively, “you” or the “Underwriters”), for whom J.P. Morgan Securities LLC is acting as representative (in such capacity, the “Representative”), $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.25% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “Notes”). The payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis, jointly and severally, by the guarantors listed on Part A of Schedule III hereto (the “Guarantors”), pursuant to their guarantees (the “Guarantees”). The Notes and the Guarantees are herein collectively referred to as the “Securities”. The Securities are to be sold to each Underwriter, acting severally and not jointly, in the respective principal amounts as are set forth in Schedule I opposite the name of such Underwriter. The Securities are to be issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of March 30, 2016 (the “Base Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated as of March 30, 2016 (the “First Supplemental Indenture”), the Second Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated as of July 28, 2017 (the “Second Supplemental Indenture”), and the Third Supplemental Indenture thereto, to be dated as of the Closing Date (as defined below) (the “Third Supplemental Indenture,” and together with the Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and the Second Supplemental Indenture, collectively, the “Indenture”). The Securities and the Indenture are more fully described in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus referred to below.

The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, a registration statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-234695), including a prospectus, relating to the Securities. Such registration statement, at the time it became effective, including the information deemed to be part thereof at the time of its effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the 1933 Act (“Rule 430 Information”), is referred to herein as the “Registration Statement.” The term “Preliminary Prospectus” means any prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act included in the Registration Statement at the time of its effectiveness that omits Rule 430 Information, and the term “Prospectus” means the prospectus in the form first used (or made available upon request of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the 1933 Act) in connection with confirmation of sales of the Securities. Any reference in this Underwriting Agreement (this “Agreement”) to the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, as of the effective date of the Registration Statement or the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, and any reference to “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or

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the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after such date under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

At or prior to the time when sales of the Securities were first made (the “Time of Sale”), the Company had prepared the following information (collectively, the “Time of Sale Information”): a Preliminary Prospectus dated January 25, 2021, and any “free-writing prospectus” (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the 1933 Act) listed on Schedule II hereto as constituting part of the Time of Sale Information. “Time of Sale” means 4:55 p.m. (Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement.

Section 1. Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Guarantors. Each of the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, hereby represents and warrants to the Underwriters that:

(a) The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the 1933 Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the 1933 Act has been received by the Company. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the 1933 Act against the Company or related to the offering has been initiated or, to the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the 1933 Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and as of the date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date, the Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company and the Guarantors make no representation and warranty with respect to (i) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing by an Underwriter to the Company expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished in writing by an Underwriter to the Company expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto consists of the information described as such in Section 6(b) hereof.

(b) No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, complied in all material respects with the 1933 Act and did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company and Guarantors make no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with

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information furnished in writing by an Underwriter to the Company expressly for use in any Preliminary Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished in writing by an Underwriter to the Company expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto consists of the information described as such in Section 6(b) hereof.

(c) The Time of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale did not, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company and Guarantors make no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing by an Underwriter to the Company expressly for use in such Time of Sale Information, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished in writing by an Underwriter to the Company expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto consists of the information described as such in Section 6(b) hereof.

(d) The Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Underwriters and their agents and representatives) has not prepared, made, used, authorized or approved and will not prepare, make, use, authorize or approve any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities (each such communication by the Company or its agents and representatives (other than a communication referred to in clauses (i) (ii) and (iii) below) an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”) other than (i) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the 1933 Act or Rule 134 under the 1933 Act, (ii) the Preliminary Prospectus, (iii) the Prospectus, (iv) the document set out in Schedule II hereto as constituting part of the Time of Sale Information and (v) any electronic road show or other written communications, in each case approved by the Representative. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied in all material respects with the 1933 Act, has been or will be (within the time period specified in Rule 433) filed in accordance with the 1933 Act (to the extent required thereby) and, when taken together with the Preliminary Prospectus accompanying, or delivered prior to delivery of, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, did not, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company and Guarantors make no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing by an Underwriter to the Company expressly for use in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished in writing by an Underwriter to the Company expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto consists of the information described as such in Section 6(b) hereof.

(e) (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (ii) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto, if any, for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act or form of prospectus), (iii) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) of the 1933 Act) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 of the 1933 Act, and (iv) as of the Time of Sale, the Company was and is a “well known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act.

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(f) (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement and (ii) as of the Time of Sale (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (ii)), the Company was not and is not an Ineligible Issuer (as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act).

(g) The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, when they were filed with the Commission conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

(h) The Company is subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act.

(i) KPMG LLP, who have reported upon certain audited financial statements and schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus are an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).

(j) The consolidated historical financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus present fairly the consolidated financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the consolidated results of operations and changes in financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries for the periods specified. Such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The selected financial data included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited consolidated financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus have been prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with the Commission’s rules applicable thereto.

(k) The Company is a corporation duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware with power and authority under such laws to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus; and the Company is duly qualified to transact business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases property of a nature, or transacts business of a type, that would make such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to so qualify or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise.

(l) The subsidiaries of the Company set forth on Part A (Guarantors) of Schedule III hereto, Part B (Non-Guarantor Restricted Subsidiaries) of Schedule III hereto and Part C (Unrestricted Subsidiaries) of Schedule III hereto are, as of the Time of Sale and as of the Closing Date, all of the subsidiaries of the Company (collectively, the “Subsidiaries”).

(m) Each Guarantor that is a corporation or limited liability company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization with power and authority (corporate and other) under such laws to

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own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business; and each such Guarantor that is a corporation or limited liability company is duly qualified to transact business as a foreign corporation or limited liability company, as applicable, and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases property of a nature, or transacts business of a type, that would make such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock or membership interests of each Guarantor that is a corporation or limited liability company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and, except as disclosed or contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, are owned by the Company, directly or through one or more Subsidiaries, free and clear of any pledge, lien, security interest, mortgage, charge, claim, equity or encumbrance of any kind other than the liens permitted to be granted pursuant to that certain second amended and restated credit agreement, dated as of July 28, 2017, by and among the Company, certain of the Subsidiaries, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, the other agents party thereto and the lenders party thereto from time to time, as amended or modified.

(n) AMC Networks Broadcasting & Technology is a general partnership duly formed and validly existing under the laws of the State of New York and has the requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business.

(o) The Company had at September 30, 2020 a duly authorized and outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus in the column labeled “As of September 30, 2020 – Actual” under the caption “Capitalization”; the Securities conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and such description conforms in all material respects to the rights set forth in the instruments defining the same.

(p) The Notes have been duly authorized by the Company, and when executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in the manner provided for in the Indenture and sold and paid for as provided herein, the Notes will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

(q) The Guarantees have been duly authorized by each of the Guarantors, and when the Notes and the Guarantees are executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in the manner provided for in the Indenture and sold and paid for as provided herein, each Guarantee will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the respective Guarantor entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable against the respective Guarantor in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

(r) All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; and none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company was issued in violation of any preemptive rights of any stockholder of the Company.

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(s) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

(t) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Guarantors.

(u) Each of the Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and the Second Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Company and the Guarantors, and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Company and each of the Guarantors, enforceable against the Company and each of the Guarantors in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); the Third Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized by each of the Company and the Guarantors, and, when duly executed and delivered by the Company, the Guarantors and the other parties thereto, the Indenture will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Company and each of the Guarantors, enforceable against the Company and each of the Guarantors in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); and the Indenture will conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus. In addition, the Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.

(v) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein or contemplated thereby, there has not been (A) any material loss or interference with the Company’s business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, (B) any change in the capital stock or other ownership interests or long-term debt of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the financial position, shareholder’s equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, (C) any transaction entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary, other than in the ordinary course of business, that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, or (D) any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on its capital stock.

(w) (A) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it may be bound or to which any of its properties may be subject, or in violation of any existing applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any government, governmental instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, except for such defaults or violations that would not have a material adverse effect on the financial position, shareholder’s equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, or (B) neither the Company nor any Guarantor is in violation of the charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents of the Company or any Guarantor. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Indenture (collectively, the “Operative Documents”), the

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issuance and delivery of the Securities, the consummation by the Company and the Guarantors of the transactions contemplated by the Operative Documents and the compliance by the Company and the Guarantors with the terms of the Operative Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary action (limited liability company, corporate or other, as applicable) on the part of the Company and the Guarantors and do not and will not result in any violation of the charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents of the Company or any Subsidiary, and do not and will not conflict with, or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary under, (A) any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them may be bound or to which any of their respective properties may be subject (except for such conflicts, breaches or defaults or liens, charges or encumbrances that would not have a material adverse effect on the financial position, shareholder’s equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise), (B) any existing applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any government, governmental instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties (except for such conflicts, breaches or defaults or liens, charges or encumbrances that would not have a material adverse effect on the financial position, shareholder’s equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise) or (C) any material agreement or other material instrument (including any franchise agreement, license, permit or other governmental authorization granted by the Federal Communications Commission (hereinafter called the “FCC”), or any other governing body having jurisdiction over cable television operations) binding upon the Company or any of the Subsidiaries (except for such conflicts, breaches or defaults or liens, charges or encumbrances that would not have a material adverse effect on the financial position, shareholder’s equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise).

(x) The statements in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus under “Description of Notes” and “Material U.S. Federal Tax Consequences,” insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, with respect to such legal matters, documents and proceedings, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading.

(y) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, no authorization, approval, consent or license of any government, governmental instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, is required (i) for the valid authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities in the United States, or (ii) for the execution, delivery or performance by the Company and the Guarantors of this Agreement or the Indenture except for (A) such as have been obtained or made by the Company and are in full force and effect under the 1933 Act, (B) registrations under state securities or blue sky laws and (C) any such consent, approval, authorization, order or registration the failure of which to obtain or make or the absence of which would result in no material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise.

(z) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there is no action, suit or proceeding before or by any government, governmental instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, now pending or, to the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Subsidiary that the Company has reasonable cause to believe will result in any material

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adverse change in the consolidated financial position, shareholder’s equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, or that will materially and adversely affect the properties or assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, or that the Company has reasonable cause to believe will materially adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement.

(aa) The Company has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Company, its subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents, with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), or any other published laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption (together with the FCPA, the “Anti-Corruption Laws”), and the Company and its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, their respective directors, officers, employees and agents are in compliance with the Anti-Corruption Laws in all material respects. Reference to “knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors” in the preceding sentence is to the actual knowledge of the executive officers of the Company identified in the Company’s Proxy Statement for its 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

(bb) The Company and its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, their respective directors, officers, employees and agents, are in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any government, governmental instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) in all material respects; and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any government, governmental instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, threatened.

(cc) None of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, their respective directors, officers, employees or agents, is an individual or entity (“Person”) currently the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the United States Government, including, without limitation, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor is the Company located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the target of Sanctions; and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the sale of the Securities, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other Person, to fund any activities of or business that will result in a violation of Sanctions.

(dd) The Company and its subsidiaries maintain “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the 1934 Act) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company and its subsidiaries have carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of their disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the 1934 Act and determined that such disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

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(ee) The Company and its subsidiaries maintain systems of “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the 1934 Act) that comply with the requirements of the 1934 Act and have been designed by, or under the supervision of, the Company’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and include policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company and its subsidiaries are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company and its subsidiaries, and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries that could have a material effect on the financial statements. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there are no material weaknesses in the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ internal control over financial reporting.

(ff) The Company and the Subsidiaries each has good and marketable title to all material properties and assets described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus as owned by it, free and clear of all liens, charges, encumbrances or restrictions, except such as (A) are described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus or (B) are neither material in amount nor materially significant in relation to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise; and any material real property and buildings under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as do not interfere, to an extent material to the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and the Subsidiaries.

(gg) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, the Company and the Subsidiaries each owns, possesses or has obtained all material agreements, governmental licenses, permits, certificates, consents, orders, approvals and other material authorizations necessary to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and to carry on its business as presently conducted; and, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to revocation or modification of any such licenses, permits, certificates, consents, orders, approvals or authorizations.

(hh) Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, and except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, (i) the Company and its subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights to use all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations and other indicia of origin, copyrights, works of authorship, all applications and

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registrations for the foregoing, domain names and know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as currently conducted, free of liens; (ii) to the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, the conduct of their respective businesses does not infringe or otherwise violate any such rights of others; (iii) to the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, no third-party violates or infringes the intellectual property owned by the Company or any of its; and (iv) none of the Company or its subsidiaries have received any written notice of any claim of infringement or other violation of any such rights of others.

(ii) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, (i)(x) to the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, there has been no security breach or other compromise of or relating to any of the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ information technology and computer systems, networks, hardware, software, data (including the data of their respective customers, employees, suppliers, vendors and any third party data maintained by or on behalf of them), equipment or technology (collectively, “IT Systems and Data”) and (y) the Company and its subsidiaries have not been notified of, and the Company and the Guarantors have no knowledge of, any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in, any security breach or other compromise to their IT Systems and Data, except as would not, in the case of this clause (i), individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise; (ii) to the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, the Company and its subsidiaries are presently in compliance with all applicable laws and statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification, except as would not, in the case of this clause (ii), individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise; and (iii) the Company and its subsidiaries have implemented backup and disaster recovery technology reasonably consistent in all material respects with industry standards and practices or otherwise as the Company and its subsidiaries generally deem reasonably adequate for their business.

(jj) To the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, and except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, no labor problem exists with its employees or with employees of the Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the financial position, shareholder’s equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise.

Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or any Guarantor and delivered to you or to counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company or such Guarantor, as applicable, to each Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby.

Section 2. Purchase, Sale and Resale of the Notes; Closing. (a) On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the purchase price to be paid by the Underwriters of 98.45%, the principal amount of the Notes set forth opposite its name on Schedule I, plus accrued interest, if any, from February 8, 2021 plus any additional principal amount of the Notes which it may become obligated to purchase pursuant to Section 10 hereof.

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(b) Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of, the Notes shall be made at the offices of Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, One Battery Park Plaza, New York, New York 10004, or at such other place in The City of New York, at 9:00 a.m. on February 8, 2021 or at such other time not more than ten full business days thereafter as shall be agreed upon by the Company and the Representative, or as shall otherwise be provided in Section 10 (such date and time of payment and delivery being herein called the “Closing Date”). Payment shall be made by wire transfer of same day federal funds to the Company to an account designated by the Company to the Representative, against delivery of the Notes to the Underwriters for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters. The Notes shall be in minimum denominations of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof and registered in such names as the Representative may request in writing at least two full business days before the Closing Date.

(c) The Company understands that the Underwriters intend to make a public offering of the Notes as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the judgment of the Representative is advisable, and initially to offer the Notes on the terms set forth in the Prospectus. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters may offer and sell Notes to or through any affiliate of an Underwriter and that any such affiliate may offer and sell Notes purchased by it to or through any Underwriter.

(d) Each of you hereby severally represents, warrants and agrees that (i) you have complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (“FSMA”), with respect to anything done by you in relation to the Notes in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom, and (ii) you have only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated any invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of the FSMA) in connection with the issue or sale of any Notes to persons who (w) have professional experience in matters relating to investments, (x) are persons falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) (“high net worth companies, unincorporated associations, etc.”) of the FSMA (Financial Promotion) Order 2001 (as amended), (y) are outside the United Kingdom or (z) are persons to whom the invitation or inducement may otherwise lawfully be communicated or caused to be communicated.

Section 3. Certain Covenants of the Company and the Guarantors. Each of the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, covenants with the Underwriters as follows:

(a) The Company will file the final Prospectus with the Commission within the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the 1933 Act, will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including the Term Sheet in the form of Schedule II hereto) to the extent required by Rule 433 under the 1933 Act; and will timely file all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities; and the Company will furnish copies of the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to the Underwriters in New York City prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement in such quantities as the Representative may reasonably request in writing. The Company will pay the registration fees for this offering within the time period required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) under the 1933 Act and in any event prior to the Closing Date.

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(b) The Company will deliver, without charge, upon written request, to each Underwriter (A) a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case excluding all exhibits and consents filed therewith, and (B) during the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below), as many copies of the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein) and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as the Representative may reasonably request in writing. As used herein, the term “Prospectus Delivery Period” means such period of time after the first date of the public offering of the Securities as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus relating to the Securities is required by law to be delivered (or required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under the 1933 Act) in connection with sales of the Securities by any Underwriter or dealer to purchasers who are not affiliates of any Underwriter; provided that the Prospectus Delivery Period shall end on the date that is 90 days after the date hereof.

(c) Before making, preparing, using, authorizing, approving or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and before filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus (other than a report or statement required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act), the Company will furnish to counsel for the Underwriters a copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, amendment or supplement for review and will not make, prepare, use, authorize, approve or file any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representative reasonably objects.

(d) The Company will advise the Representative promptly, and confirm such advice in writing, (i) when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective; (ii) when any supplement to the Prospectus or any amendment to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been filed (other than a report or statement required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act); (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or the receipt of any comments from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement or any other request by the Commission for any additional information; (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or the initiation or, to the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the 1933 Act; (v) of the occurrence of any event within the Prospectus Delivery Period as a result of which the Time of Sale Information, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Time of Sale Information, the Prospectus or any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; (vi) of the receipt by the Company of any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the 1933 Act; and (vii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the use of the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or suspending any such qualification of the Securities and, if any such order is issued, will obtain as soon as practicable the withdrawal thereof.

(e) If at any time during the Prospectus Delivery Period, (i) any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for you or counsel for the Company to amend or supplement the Prospectus (or the Time of Sale Information to the extent the

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Prospectus is not yet available) in order that the Prospectus (or the Time of Sale Information to the extent the Prospectus is not yet available) will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus (or the Time of Sale Information to the extent the Prospectus is not yet available) to comply with law, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters thereof and prepare and file with the Commission and furnish to the Underwriters such amendment or supplement such that the statements in the Prospectus (or the Time of Sale Information to the extent the Prospectus is not yet available) as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances, be misleading or so that the Prospectus (or the Time of Sale Information to the extent the Prospectus is not yet available) will comply with law. Except as otherwise required by the preceding sentence, the Company will not be obligated to update the Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information. Such updating may be done by means of the filing of one or more documents under the 1934 Act that are incorporated by reference in the Prospectus or Time of Sale Information.

(f) The Company will make generally available to its security holders and the Representative as soon as practicable an earning statement that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act and Rule 158 of the Commission promulgated thereunder covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the “effective date” (as defined in Rule 158) of the Registration Statement.

(g) The Company and each of the Guarantors will use its reasonable best efforts, in cooperation with you, to qualify the Securities for distribution under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions as you may designate, if any, and to maintain such qualifications in effect for a period of not less than one year from the date of the Prospectus; provided, however, that neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign entity or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject. The Company and the Guarantors will file such statements and reports as may be required by the laws of each jurisdiction in which the Securities have been qualified as above provided.

(h) Neither the Company nor any Guarantor will be or become, at any time prior to the expiration of three years after the Closing Date, an open-end investment trust, unit investment trust or face-amount certificate company that is or is required to be registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(i) The Company will apply the net proceeds that it receives from the offer and sale of the Securities in the manner set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds”.

Section 4. Payment of Expenses. The Company will pay and bear all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including (a) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and of each amendment thereto, (b) the preparation, printing and filing of the Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, and the cost of furnishing copies thereof to the Underwriters, (c) the preparation, printing and distribution of this Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities, (d) the delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters, (e) the reasonable fees and disbursements of the Company’s counsel and accountants, (f) any fees charged by rating agencies for rating the Securities, (g) the reasonable fees and expenses of the Trustee, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee and the Transfer Agent, in connection with the Indenture and the

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Securities, (h) all expenses and application fees incurred in connection with any filing with, and clearance of the offering by, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”), and the approval of the Securities for book-entry transfer by The Depository Trust Company, and (i) the preparation, printing and distribution of any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to investors or prospective investors.

If this Agreement is terminated by you in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 or 9(a)(i) or by the Company in accordance with the provisions of Section 9(b), the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters.

Section 5. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Securities that they have respectively agreed to purchase hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of each of the Company and the Guarantors contained herein on the date hereof and on the Closing Date or in certificates of any officer of the Company or any Guarantor delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Guarantors of their obligations hereunder, and to the following further conditions:

(a) No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose, pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or pursuant to Section 8A under the 1933 Act shall be pending before or, to the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, threatened by the Commission; the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission under the 1933 Act (in the case of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the 1933 Act); and all requests by the Commission for additional information relating to the Registration Statement shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representative.

(b) On the Closing Date, you shall have received a signed opinion and letter of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, counsel for the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form set forth on Exhibit A, a signed opinion of Jones Walker LLP, special Louisiana counsel for certain Guarantors, dated as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form set forth on Exhibit B and a signed opinion of Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP, special Rhode Island counsel for a certain Guarantor, dated as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form set forth on Exhibit C.

(c) On the Closing Date, you shall have received a signed opinion of James G. Gallagher, Executive Vice President and General Counsel for the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form set forth on Exhibit D.

(d) On the Closing Date, you shall have received a signed opinion of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., as special communications counsel to the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form set forth on Exhibit E.

(e) On the Closing Date, you shall have received from Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated as of the Closing Date, a signed statement of such counsel with respect to Section 5(a) and a signed opinion of such counsel to the effect that the opinions delivered pursuant to Sections 5(b), 5(c) and 5(d) appear on their face to be appropriately responsive to the requirements of this Agreement except, specifying the same, to the extent waived by you, and with respect to the incorporation and legal existence of the Company, the Securities, this Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information, the Prospectus, the documents incorporated by reference therein and such other related matters as you may require. In rendering such opinion, such counsel may state that they express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than

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the Federal laws of the United States, the laws of the State of New York, the Limited Liability Company Act of the State of Delaware and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and no opinion as to federal or state communications laws. Such counsel may also state that, insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem proper, upon certificates of officers of the Company and the Guarantors and certificates of public officials.

(f) On the Closing Date, (i) the Prospectus, as it may then be amended or supplemented, shall not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) there shall not have been, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus, any material adverse change or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the financial position, shareholder’s equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, (iii) the Company and each of the Guarantors shall have complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions set forth herein on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date and (iv) the other representations and warranties of each of the Company and the Guarantors set forth in Section 1 hereof shall be accurate as though expressly made at and as of the Closing Date. On the Closing Date, you shall have received a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer, President, a Vice Chairman or a Vice President, of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to such effect.

(g) You shall have received from KPMG LLP (i) at the time of execution of this Agreement, a letter dated the date hereof and in accordance with statement on Auditing Standards No. 72, as amended, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative and (ii) on the Closing Date, a letter, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that KPMG LLP reaffirms the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to Section 5(g)(i), except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than five business days prior to the Closing Date.

(h) On or after the date hereof, (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the 1934 Act, and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it is placing under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Company’s debt securities.

(i) On the Closing Date, counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with all such documents, certificates and opinions as they may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities contemplated in this Agreement and the matters referred to in Section 5(e) and in order to evidence the accuracy and completeness of any of the representations, warranties or statements of the Company and the Guarantors, the performance of any of the covenants of the Company and the Guarantors, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions herein contained.

If any of the conditions specified in this Section 5 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required by this Agreement to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by you on notice to the Company at any time at or prior to the Closing Date, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party. Notwithstanding any such termination, the provisions of Sections 4, 6, 7 and 8 shall remain in effect.

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Section 6. Indemnification. (a) Each of the Company and the Guarantors agrees, jointly and severally, to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its directors, officers, employees and affiliates, and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act as follows:

(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of (i) an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, not misleading, or (ii) an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Time of Sale Information, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company; and

(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by you), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under subparagraph (i) or (ii) above;

provided, however, that this indemnity agreement does not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter expressly for use in any portion of the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.

(b) Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of the Guarantors, their respective directors, officers, employees and affiliates, and each person, if any, who controls the Company or any Guarantor within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act, against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Company) described in the indemnity agreement in Section 6(a), as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions of material fact, or alleged untrue statements or omissions of material fact, made in any portion of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter expressly for use therein. The Company hereby acknowledges that the only such information furnished in writing by an Underwriter to the Company expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto consists of the statements set forth in the third paragraph, fifth paragraph (including the three bullet points) and sixth paragraph under the caption “Underwriting” in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus.

(c) Each indemnified party shall give prompt notice to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than on

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account of this indemnity agreement. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of such action; provided, however, that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. In no event shall the indemnifying party or parties be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one counsel and one local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances.

Section 7. Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section 6 hereof is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.

The relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the offering of the Securities under this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of such Securities (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus.

The relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

The Company, the Guarantors and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 7.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, in no event shall an Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Securities exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

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No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

The obligations of the Underwriters under this Section 7 shall be several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint. For purposes of this Section, each director, officer, employee and affiliate of an Underwriter, and each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each director, officer, employee and affiliate of the Company and of the Guarantors and each person, if any, who controls the Company and the Guarantors within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company and the Guarantors.

Section 8. Agreements to Survive Delivery. The agreements and other statements of the Company, the Guarantors or their officers and of the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company, any Guarantor or any Underwriter or controlling person within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities.

Section 9. Termination of Agreement. (a) You may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company, at any time at or prior to the Closing Date (i) if there has been, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus, any material adverse change or any development involving a prospective material adverse change in or affecting the financial position, shareholder’s equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, or (ii) if there has occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other calamity or crisis the effect of which on the financial markets of the United States is such as to make it, in your judgment, impracticable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities or enforce contracts for the sale of Securities, or (iii) if trading in any securities of the Company has been suspended by the Commission, FINRA or the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, or if trading generally on the New York Stock Exchange or in the over the counter market has been suspended, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities have been required, by such exchange or by order of the Commission, FINRA or any other governmental authority or (iv) if a banking moratorium has been declared by either federal or New York authorities.

(b) If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party, except to the extent provided in Section 4. Notwithstanding any such termination, the provisions of Sections 6, 7 and 8 shall remain in effect.

Section 10. Default by One or More of the Underwriters. If one or more of the Underwriters shall fail on the Closing Date to purchase the Securities that it or they are obligated to purchase pursuant to this Agreement (the “Defaulted Securities”), you shall have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or more of the non-defaulting Underwriters, or any other Underwriters, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted Securities in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms set forth in this Agreement; if, however, you have not completed such arrangements within such 24-hour period, then:

(a) if the aggregate principal amount of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10% of the Securities to be purchased pursuant to this Agreement, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated to purchase the full amount thereof in the proportions that their respective purchase obligation proportions bear to the purchase obligations of all non-defaulting Underwriters, or

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(b) if the aggregate principal amount of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the Securities to be purchased pursuant to this Agreement, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter.

No action taken pursuant to this Section shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of its default.

In the event of any such default that does not result in a termination of this Agreement, either you or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements. As used herein, the term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section 10.

Section 11. Notices. All notices and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered, mailed, electronically transmitted or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to you shall be directed, on behalf of the Representative, to J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179, attention of Richard Gabriel (fax: (212) 270-1063), with a copy to Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, One Battery Park Plaza, New York, New York 10004, attention of Gary J. Simon, Esq. (fax: (212) 299-6770); and notices to the Company shall be directed to it at AMC Networks Inc., 11 Penn Plaza, New York, New York 10001, attention of James G. Gallagher (fax: (646) 273-3789), with a copy to Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, 125 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004, attention of Robert W. Downes (fax: (212) 558-3588).

Section 12. Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes. In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or any BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

As used in this Section 12:

“BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k);

“Covered Entity” means any of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b);

“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1 as applicable;

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“U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

Section 13. No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship. Each of the Company and the Guarantors acknowledges and agrees that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the public offering price of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, (b) in connection with the offering contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction the Underwriters are and have been acting solely as principals and are not the agent or fiduciary of the Company or any Guarantor, or their respective stockholders, creditors, employees or any other party, (c) the Underwriters have not assumed or will not assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company or any Guarantor with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether the Underwriters have advised or are currently advising the Company or the Guarantors on other matters) and the Underwriters do not have any obligation to the Company or any Guarantor with respect to the offering contemplated hereby except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (d) the Underwriters and their affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company and the Guarantors, and (e) the Underwriters have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated hereby and the Company and the Guarantors have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent they deemed appropriate.

Section 14. Parties. This Agreement is made solely for the benefit of the several Underwriters, the Company, the Guarantors and, to the extent expressed, any person controlling the Company or any of the Underwriters, and the directors, officers, employees and affiliates of the Underwriters, Company, the Guarantors and their respective executors, administrators, successors and assigns and, subject to the provisions of Section 10, no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. The term “successors and assigns” shall not include any purchaser, as such purchaser, from any of the several Underwriters of the Securities. All of the obligations of the Underwriters hereunder are several and not joint.

Section 15. Governing Law and Time. This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York in the United States of America. Specified times of the day refer to New York City time.

Section 16. Captions. The captions included in this Agreement are included solely for convenience of reference and are not considered to be part of this Agreement.

Section 17. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and when a counterpart has been executed by each party, all such counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including any electronic signature covered by the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronic Signatures and Records Act or other applicable law, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument will become a binding agreement among the Company, the Guarantors and the Underwriters in accordance with its terms.

AMC Networks Inc. – Underwriting Agreement

AMC Networks Inc. – Underwriting Agreement

AMC Networks Inc. – Underwriting Agreement

AMC Networks Inc. – Underwriting Agreement

AMC Networks Inc. – Underwriting Agreement

SCHEDULE I

SCHEDULE II

Free Writing Prospectus

Dated January 25, 2021

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration Statement No. 333-234695

Final Term Sheet

AMC Networks Inc.

$1,000,000,000 4.25% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “Notes”)

It is expected that delivery of the Notes will be made to investors on or about February 8, 2021, which will be the tenth business day following the date of pricing of the Notes (such settlement being referred to as “T+10”). Under Rule 15c6-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, trades in the secondary market are required to settle in two business days, unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade Notes prior to February 8, 2021 will be required, by virtue of the fact that the Notes initially settle in T+10, to specify an alternate settlement arrangement at the time of any such trade to prevent a failed settlement. Purchasers of the Notes who wish to trade the Notes prior to their date of delivery hereunder should consult their advisors.

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus (or, if available, the prospectus supplement) if you request it by calling J.P. Morgan Securities LLC collect at 1-212-834-4533.

Exhibit 4.2

EXECUTION VERSION

AMC NETWORKS INC.,

as Issuer,

EACH OF THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO

and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as Trustee

THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of February 8, 2021

to the Indenture dated as of March 30, 2016

$1,000,000,000 4.25% Senior Notes due 2029

TABLE OF CONTENTS

THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Third Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of February 8, 2021, among AMC NETWORKS INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the GUARANTORS (as defined in the Base Indenture referred to below) and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee (the “Trustee”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

WHEREAS, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee have executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of March 30, 2016 (the “Base Indenture,” and, together with the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 30, 2016 (the “First Supplemental Indenture”), the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 28, 2017 (the “Second Supplemental Indenture”), and this Third Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), to provide for the issuance by the Company from time to time of Notes to be issued in one or more series as provided in the Indenture to be Guaranteed by the Guarantors;

WHEREAS, Section 901 of the Base Indenture provides, among other things, that the Company and the Trustee may enter into indentures supplemental to the Base Indenture, without the consent of any holders of Notes, to establish the form of any Note, as permitted by Section 201 of the Base Indenture, and to provide for the issuance of the Notes (as defined below), as permitted by Section 301 of the Base Indenture, and to set forth the terms thereof;

WHEREAS, the Company desires to execute this Third Supplemental Indenture pursuant to Section 201 of the Base Indenture to establish the form, and pursuant to Section 301 of the Base Indenture to provide for the issuance, of a series of its senior notes designated as its 4.25% Senior Notes due 2029 (“Notes”) in an initial aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000,000. The Notes are a series of Securities as referred to in Section 301 of the Base Indenture;

WHEREAS, each of the Guarantors desires to execute this Third Supplemental Indenture with respect to its Note Guarantee of the Notes and to make a notation of its Guarantee on the Notes (the “Notation of Guarantee”);

WHEREAS, the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers’ Certificate pursuant to Sections 103 and 903 of the Base Indenture to the effect that the execution and delivery of the Third Supplemental Indenture is authorized or permitted under the Base Indenture and that all conditions precedent provided for in the Base Indenture to the execution and delivery of this Third Supplemental Indenture and the issuance of the Notes to be complied with by the Company have been complied with;

WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this Third Supplemental Indenture;

WHEREAS, all things necessary have been done by the Company and the Guarantors to make this Third Supplemental Indenture, when executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantors, a valid and legally binding instrument;

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WHEREAS, all things necessary have been done by the Company to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, the valid obligations of the Company; and

WHEREAS, all things necessary have been done by the Guarantors to make the Notation of Guarantee affixed upon the Notes, when executed by the Guarantors in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, the valid obligation of the Guarantors;

NOW, THEREFORE:

In consideration of the premises stated herein and the purchase of the Notes by the holders thereof, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders from time to time as follows:

ARTICLE 1

APPLICATION OF THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Section 1.01. Application of Third Supplemental Indenture. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Third Supplemental Indenture, all provisions of this Third Supplemental Indenture are expressly and solely for the benefit of the Holders and any such provisions shall not be deemed to apply to any other Securities issued under the Base Indenture and shall not be deemed to amend, modify or supplement the Base Indenture for any purpose other than with respect to the Notes. Unless otherwise expressly specified, references in this Third Supplemental Indenture to specific Article numbers or Section numbers refer to Articles and Sections contained in this Third Supplemental Indenture as they amend or supplement the Base Indenture, and not the Base Indenture or any other document. All Initial Notes and Additional Notes, if any, will be treated as a single class for all purposes of this Indenture, including waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase.

ARTICLE 2

DEFINITIONS

Section 2.01. Certain Terms Defined in the Indenture. For purposes of this Third Supplemental Indenture, all capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Base Indenture, as amended hereby.

Section 2.02. Definitions. For the benefit of the Holders, Section 101 of the Base Indenture shall be amended by adding the following new definitions:

“Additional Notes” has the meaning specified in Section 3.02(b) hereto.

“Applicable Premium” means, with respect to any Note on any Redemption Date, the greater of:

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as calculated by the Company or on behalf of the Company by such Person as the Company shall designate; provided that such calculation shall not be a duty or obligation of the Trustee.

“Base Indenture” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.

“Company” has the meaning specified in the first paragraph hereto.

“First Supplemental Indenture” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.

“Global Note” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(a) hereto.

“Indenture” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.

“Initial Notes” has the meaning specified in Section 3.02(b) hereto.

“Notation of Guarantee” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.

“Notes” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.

“Qualified Equity Offering” means (i) an offer and sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act (other than a registration statement on Form S-8 or otherwise relating to equity securities issuable under any employee benefit plan of the Company), (ii) any private placement of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company to any Person other than a Subsidiary of the Company, or (iii) any capital contribution received by the Company from any holder of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company.

“Second Supplemental Indenture” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.

“Third Supplemental Indenture” has the meaning specified in the first paragraph hereto.

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the yield to maturity at the time of computation of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15(519) that

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has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to such Redemption Date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from such Redemption Date to February 15, 2024; provided, however, that if the period from such Redemption Date to February 15, 2024 is not equal to the constant maturity of a United States Treasury security for which a weekly average yield is given, the Treasury Rate shall be obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of a year) from the weekly average yields of United States Treasury securities for which such yields are given, except that if the period from such Redemption Date to February 15, 2024 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year shall be used.

“Trustee” has the meaning specified in the first paragraph hereto.

Section 2.03. Changes to Definitions in Base Indenture.

(a) The definition of “Asset Sale” in Section 101 of the Base Indenture shall, with respect to the Notes only, be amended by:

(1) replacing the text of clause (1) following “Notwithstanding the preceding, the following items shall be deemed not to be Asset Sales:” to read:

“any single transaction or series of related transactions that involves properties or assets having a Fair Market Value of less than $75.0 million;”;

(2) replacing the proviso in part (a) of clause (14) thereof to read:

“provided that, as of the date of such Asset Sale, the aggregate fair market value of property and assets subject to such Asset Sale (determined at the time of such Asset Sale) pursuant to this clause (14)(a) following the issuance of the Notes does not exceed $200.0 million in the aggregate”; and

(3) deleting the proviso in clause (16) thereof.

(b) The definition of “Lease” in Section 101 of the Base Indenture shall, with respect to the Notes only, be amended by adding “or finance lease” after “capital lease”.

(c) The definition of “Lien” in Section 101 of the Base Indenture shall, with respect to the Notes only, be amended by adding “or finance lease” after “capital lease”.

(d) The definition of “Permitted Investments” in Section 101 of the Base Indenture shall, with respect to the Notes only, be amended by:

(1) replacing “$300.0” with “$400.0” in clause (18) thereof:

(2) modifying clause (23) thereof to remove “or” at the end thereof:

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(3) adding a new clause (24) to read:

“guarantees by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries under financial support letters requested by auditors for the benefit of one or more Unrestricted Subsidiaries or joint ventures of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that (A) such letter is requested by such auditor for the purpose of providing an opinion without a “going concern” or like qualification commentary or exception and is not for the benefit or use by any Person other than such Unrestricted Subsidiaries or joint ventures and (B) such guarantee is otherwise permitted by clauses (18), (21) or (26) of this definition of Permitted Investments at the time of issuance of such guarantee. For purposes of determining compliance with the foregoing sub-clause (B), the amount of any such guarantee shall be the amount determined by the Company in good faith that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing on the date such financial support letter is delivered to the auditor, represents the amount of underlying obligations reasonably expected by the Company during the term of such financial support letter (irrespective of whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual under Accounting Standards Codification 450), taking into account the projected business operations of the beneficiary of such financial support letter during the term thereof;”;

(4) adding a new clause (25) to read:

“guarantees by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries of obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries and joint ventures arising under purchase or other acquisition agreements in respect of acquisitions or other Investments otherwise constituting Permitted Investments; provided that such guarantee is otherwise permitted by clauses (18), (21) or (26) of this definition of Permitted Investments at the time of issuance of such guarantee. For purposes of determining compliance with this clause (25), the amount of any such guarantee shall be the amount determined by the Company in good faith that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing on the date such purchase or other acquisition agreement is entered into, represents the amount of underlying obligations reasonably expected by the Company to be paid thereunder; or”; and

(5) renumbering the existing clause (24) as clause (26) and modifying such clause to replace “(24)” with “(26)” and to replace “$100.0” with “$250.0”.

(e) The definition of “Permitted Liens” in Section 101 of the Base Indenture shall, with respect to the Notes only, be amended by:

(1) replacing clause (29) thereof to read:

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“Liens created in the ordinary course of business and customary in the relevant industry with respect to the creation or licensing of content, and the components thereof, securing the obligations of any of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries that do not constitute Indebtedness; provided that any such Lien shall attach solely to the content, or applicable component thereof, and the proceeds or products thereof, that is the subject of the arrangements giving rise to the underlying obligation;”; and

(2) modifying clause (37) thereof to replace “$50.0” with “$75.0”.

(f) The definition of “Redemption Price” in Section 101 of the Base Indenture shall not apply to the Notes and, with respect to the Notes, “Redemption Price” has the meaning specified in Section 3.03(d) hereof.

ARTICLE 3

FORM AND TERMS OF THE NOTES

Section 3.01. Form and Dating. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication thereon shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto. The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Company by an officer of the Company pursuant to Section 303 of the Base Indenture. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rules or usage. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

The terms and notations contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of the Indenture, and the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Third Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.

(a) Global Notes. The Notes shall be issued initially in global form (each, a “Global Note” and collectively, the “Global Notes”), which shall be deposited with the Trustee as custodian for the Depositary and registered in the name of Cede & Co., the Depositary’s nominee, duly executed on behalf of the Company by an officer of the Company, and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with Section 202 of the Base Indenture.

(b) Book-Entry Provisions. This Section 3.01(b) shall apply only to the Global Notes deposited with the Trustee as custodian for the Depositary.

The Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 202 of the Base Indenture, authenticate and hold, each Global Note as custodian for the Depositary.

Section 3.02. Terms of the Notes. The following terms relating to the Notes are hereby established pursuant to Section 301 of the Base Indenture:

(a) Title. The Notes shall constitute a series of Notes having the title “4.25% Senior Notes due 2029”.

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(b) Principal Amount. The aggregate principal amount of the Notes (the “Initial Notes”) that may be initially authenticated and delivered under the Indenture shall be $1,000,000,000. The Company may from time to time, without the consent of the Holders, issue additional Notes (“Additional Notes”) having the same ranking and the same interest rate, Maturity and other terms as the Initial Notes (except for any difference in the issue price and the payment of interest accruing prior to the issue date of such Additional Notes, or, in some cases, the first Interest Payment Date following the issue of such Additional Notes), and with the same CUSIP number as the Initial Notes; provided that if any Additional Notes are not fungible with the Initial Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such Additional Notes shall have a separate CUSIP number. Any Additional Notes and the Initial Notes shall constitute a single series under the Indenture and all references to the Notes shall include the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes, unless the context otherwise requires. The aggregate principal amount of the Additional Notes shall be unlimited. No Additional Notes may be issued if any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

(c) Maturity Date. The entire Outstanding principal of the Notes shall be payable on February 15, 2029.

(d) Interest Rate. The rate at which the Notes shall bear interest shall be 4.25% per annum. The date from which interest shall accrue on the Notes shall be February 8, 2021, or the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or provided for. The Interest Payment Dates for the Notes shall be February 15 and August 15 of each year, beginning August 15, 2021. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date, shall be paid, in immediately available funds, to the Persons in whose names the Notes are registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the February 1 or August 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date.

(e) Payment. The Trustee shall be the initial Paying Agent and Security Registrar. Payment of the principal and interest shall be made at the corporate trust office of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York; provided, however, that each installment of interest and principal on the Notes may, at the Company’s option, be paid by check to the Holders at the Holder’s address in the Security Register. The Notes shall initially be issued as Global Notes. Payments with respect to Notes represented by one or more Global Notes shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by the Depositary. Payments with respect to Notes represented by one or more definitive Notes held by a holder of at least $1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes shall be made by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or the Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 10 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee or Paying Agent may accept in its discretion).

(f) Currency. The currency of denomination of the Notes is Dollars. Payment of principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the Notes shall be made in Dollars.

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Section 3.03. Optional Redemption.

(a) On or after February 15, 2024, the Company may redeem the Notes, at its option in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (subject to the rights of Holders of record on relevant Regular Record Dates to receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to the Redemption Date), if redeemed during the twelve month period beginning on February 15 of the years indicated below:

(b) At any time prior to February 15, 2024, the Company may redeem the Notes, at its option in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (subject to the rights of Holders of record on relevant Regular Record Dates to receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to the Redemption Date).

(c) At any time prior to February 15, 2024, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (including any Additional Notes), at its option at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price of 104.250% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (subject to the rights of Holders of record on relevant Regular Record Dates to receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to the Redemption Date), with the proceeds of one or more Qualified Equity Offerings; provided that:

(d) Each redemption price provided for in this Section 3.03 shall be referred to herein as the “Redemption Price”. Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.03 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 1101 through 1108 of the Base Indenture.

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture, any redemption of the Notes by the Company may be conditioned upon the occurrence of one or more conditions precedent. Any notice of redemption pursuant to Section 1104 of the Base Indenture shall contain, in addition to those items set forth in such Section, a description of conditions precedent to such redemption, if any.

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(f) The Base Indenture is hereby amended, with respect to the Notes only, by replacing the text of the first paragraph of Section 1104 thereof with the following text:

“Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided for in Section 107 not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date (provided notice may be given more than 60 days prior in connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or a defeasance), to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed.”

Section 3.04. No Optional Reset. Section 308(b) of the Base Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes. The Company may not reset the interest rate of the Notes.

Section 3.05. No Optional Extension of Stated Maturity. Section 309 of the Base Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes. The Company may not extend the Stated Maturity of the Notes.

Section 3.06. Dollar Denominated. Payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes shall be made in Dollars. All provisions of the Base Indenture applicable to Securities because such Securities are payable in a Foreign Currency shall not be applicable to the Notes. The provisions of the Base Indenture that shall not be applicable to the Notes as a result of this Section 3.06 shall include, but are not limited to Sections 313 and 314 of the Base Indenture.

Section 3.07. No Sinking Fund. Article Thirteen of the Base Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes. The retirement of the Notes shall not be made pursuant to a sinking fund.

Section 3.08. No Repayment at Option of Holders. Article Fourteen of the Base Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes.

Section 3.09. Defeasance. Article Fifteen of the Base Indenture shall be applicable to the Notes, provided that the Company may only exercise the defeasance or covenant defeasance options applicable to Sections 1502 or 1503 of the Base Indenture if the Company exercises such options with respect to all Outstanding Notes as of the date of such exercise.

ARTICLE 4

CERTAIN COVENANTS

Section 4.01. Limitation on Indebtedness. Section 1007 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended, with respect to the Notes only, by:

(a) adding a new clause (17) to read:

“guarantees by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries of obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries and joint ventures arising under purchase or other acquisition agreements in respect of acquisitions or other Investments otherwise constituting Permitted Investments; provided that all such guarantees pursuant to this clause (17) following the issuance of

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the Notes does not exceed $20.0 million in the aggregate. For purposes of determining compliance with this clause (17), the amount of any such guarantee shall be the amount determined by the Company in good faith that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing on the date such purchase or other acquisition agreement is entered into, represents the amount of underlying obligations reasonably expected by the Company to be paid thereunder;”;

(a) renumbering the existing clause (17) as clause (18);

(b) renumbering the existing clause (18) as clause (19) and modifying such clause to replace “(18)” with “(19)” and “$400.0” with “$500.0”; and

(c) modifying the paragraph below the new clause (19) to replace “(18)” with “(19)” in each applicable place in such paragraph.

Section 4.02. Limitation on Restricted Payments. Section 1009 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended, with respect to the Notes only, by modifying clause (7) to replace “$5.0” with “$10.0”.

Section 4.03. Transactions with Affiliates. Section 1011 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended, with respect to the Notes only, by:

(a) modifying the first paragraph thereof to replace “$35.0” with “$50.0” and deleting the words “the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s Board of Directors (or the person duly authorized to perform similar functions) shall make a good faith determination that” in such first paragraph;

(b) modifying clause (8) thereof to add the words “or joint venture of any Unrestricted Subsidiary” after “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and add the words “or joint venture of its Unrestricted Subsidiaries” after “Unrestricted Subsidiaries;

(c) modifying clause (10) thereof to add the words “or joint venture of any Unrestricted Subsidiary” after “Unrestricted Subsidiary”;

(d) modifying clause (11) thereof to add the words “or joint venture of any Unrestricted Subsidiary” after “Unrestricted Subsidiary”; and

(e) modifying clause (12) thereof to add the words “or joint venture of any Unrestricted Subsidiary” after “Unrestricted Subsidiary”.

ARTICLE 5

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 5.01. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If and to the extent that any provision of this Third Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Trust Indenture Act Sections 310 to 318, inclusive, or conflicts with any provision (an “incorporated provision”) required by or deemed to be included in this Third Supplemental

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Indenture by operation of such Trust Indenture Act Sections, such imposed duties or incorporated provision shall control. If any provision of this Third Supplemental Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Third Supplemental Indenture as so modified or excluded, as the case may be.

Section 5.02. New York Law to Govern. THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE NOTE GUARANTEES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES. THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE PART OF THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND SHALL, TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE, BE GOVERNED BY SUCH PROVISIONS.

EACH OF THE COMPANY, EACH GUARANTOR AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE NOTES, THE NOTE GUARANTEES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Section 5.03. Counterparts. This Third Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this Third Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Third Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Third Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

Section 5.04. Separability Clause. In case any provision in this Third Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 5.05. Ratification. The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Third Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed. The Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument. All provisions included in this Third Supplemental Indenture with respect to the Notes supersede any conflicting provisions included in the Base Indenture unless not permitted by law. The Trustee accepts the trusts created by the Indenture, and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions of the Indenture.

Section 5.06. Effectiveness. The provisions of this Third Supplemental Indenture shall become effective as of the date hereof.

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Section 5.07. The Trustee. The Trustee accepts the trusts created by the Indenture, and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions of the Indenture. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Third Supplemental Indenture or the due execution thereof by the Company and the Guarantors. The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements solely of the Company and the Guarantors, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Third Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

AMC NETWORKS INC. – Third Supplemental Indenture

AMC NETWORKS INC. – Third Supplemental Indenture

AMC NETWORKS INC. – Third Supplemental Indenture

AMC NETWORKS INC. – Third Supplemental Indenture

AMC NETWORKS INC. – Third Supplemental Indenture

EXHIBIT A

[FACE OF NOTE]

AMC NETWORKS INC.

[Global Notes Legend]

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10041) TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT AND SUCH CERTIFICATE ISSUED IN EXCHANGE FOR THIS CERTIFICATE IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO., OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL, SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

AMC NETWORKS INC.

4.25% Senior Notes due 2029

CUSIP NO. 00164V AF0

ISIN NO. US00164VAF04

AMC Networks Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to ____________ or its registered assigns, the principal sum of [____________] Million Dollars ($[____________]) [Include if a Global Note: , as revised by the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached hereto,] on February 15, 2029, and to pay interest thereon from February 8, 2021 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on February 15 and August 15 in each year, commencing August 15, 2021, to the Persons in whose names the Notes are registered at the close of business on the immediately preceding February 1 or August 1, as the case may be, at the rate of 4.25% per annum, until the principal hereof

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is paid or made available for payment, provided, however, that any principal and premium, if any, and any such installment of interest, which is overdue shall bear interest at the rate of 4.25% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment, and such interest shall be payable on demand). The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture (as defined on the reverse hereof), be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the February 1 or August 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Note will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in The City of New York, New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register. Payments with respect to Notes represented by one or more Global Notes shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by the Depositary.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Notes of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

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[FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE]

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Notes”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of March 30, 2016, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 30, 2016, the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 28, 2017, and the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 8, 2021 (herein collectively called the “Indenture”, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), among the Company, the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (herein called the ‘“Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $1,000,000,000; provided, however, that the Company may from time to time, without the consent of the Holders, issue Additional Notes having the same ranking and the same interest rate, Maturity and other terms as the Initial Notes (except for any difference in the issue price and the payment of interest accruing prior to the issue date of such Additional Notes, or, in some cases, the first Interest Payment Date following the issue of such Additional Notes), and with the same CUSIP number as the Initial Notes; provided that if any Additional Notes are not fungible with the Initial Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such Additional Notes shall have a separate CUSIP number. Any Additional Notes and the Initial Notes shall constitute a single series under the Indenture and all references to the Notes shall include the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes, unless the context otherwise requires. The aggregate principal amount of the Additional Notes shall be unlimited. No Additional Notes may be issued if any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

On or after February 15, 2024, the Company may redeem the Notes, at its option in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (subject to the rights of Holders of record on relevant Regular Record Dates to receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to the Redemption Date), if redeemed during the twelve month period beginning on February 15 of the years indicated below:

At any time prior to February 15, 2024, the Company may redeem the Notes, at its option in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (subject to the rights of Holders of record on relevant Regular Record Dates to receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to the Redemption Date).

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At any time prior to February 15, 2024, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (including any Additional Notes), at its option at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price of 104.250% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (subject to the rights of Holders of record on relevant Regular Record Dates to receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to the Redemption Date), with the proceeds of one or more Qualified Equity Offerings; provided that (i) after giving effect to such redemption, at least 65% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (including any Additional Notes) remains outstanding (excluding, for purposes of such calculation, Notes held by the Company or its Subsidiaries); and (ii) the redemption must occur within 90 days of the date of the closing of such Qualified Equity Offering.

In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

This Note does not have the benefit of any sinking fund obligations.

If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

The defeasance provisions contained in Article Fifteen of the Indenture shall apply to this Note, provided that the Company may only exercise the defeasance or covenant defeasance options applicable to Sections 1502 or 1503 of the Indenture if the Company exercises such options with respect to all Outstanding Notes as of the date of such exercise.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company, the Guarantors and the rights of the Holders of the Notes of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Notes of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Note shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Notes of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in

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respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Notes of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Note for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note may be registered and this Note may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture.

The Notes of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles.

All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Note to:

and irrevocably appoint                  as agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

* NOTICE: The Signature must be guaranteed by an Institution which is a member of one of the following recognized signature Guarantee Programs: (i) The Notes Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP); (ii) The New York Stock Exchange Medallion Program (MNSP); (iii) The Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP); or (iv) such other guarantee program acceptable to the Trustee.

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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES]

SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE

The following exchanges of an interest in this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a definitive Note, or exchanges of an interest in another Global Note or a definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note have been made:

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NOTATION OF GUARANTEE

For value received, each Guarantor (which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture (defined below)) has, jointly and severally, unconditionally guaranteed, to the extent set forth in and subject to the provisions in the Indenture, dated as of March 30, 2016, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 30, 2016, the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 28, 2017, and the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 8, 2021 (herein collectively called the “Indenture”, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), among AMC Networks Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), (a) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes of this series (as defined in the Indenture), whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption, or otherwise, and the due and punctual payment of interest on overdue principal, premium, if any, and interest on such Notes, if lawful (subject in all cases to any applicable grace periods provided in the Indenture and these Notes), and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Notes and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, the same shall be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Each Holder, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions and (b) appoints the Trustee attorney-in-fact of such Holder for such purpose.

Each Guarantor, and by acceptance of Notes of this series, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Note Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute (i) a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, or any similar federal, state or foreign law to the extent applicable to its Note Guarantee or (ii) an unlawful distribution under any applicable state law prohibiting shareholder distributions by an insolvent subsidiary to the extent applicable to its Note Guarantee.

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

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IN WITNESS HEREOF, each Guarantor has caused this Notation of Guarantee to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.

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Exhibit 5.1

[Letterhead of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP]

February 8, 2021

AMC Networks Inc.,

11 Penn Plaza,

New York, New York 10001.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”) of (i) $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.25% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “Notes”) of AMC Networks Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and (ii) the Guarantees (the “Guarantees” and, together with the Notes, the “Securities”) of the Notes by certain subsidiaries of the Company (the “Guarantors”), pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of March 30, 2016, as supplemented by the Third Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated as of February 8, 2021 (together, the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”), we, as your counsel, have examined such corporate records, certificates and other documents, and such questions of law, as we have considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion.

Upon the basis of such examination, it is our opinion that the Notes constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company and the Guarantees constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Guarantors, in each case enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.

As contemplated by the qualifications set forth above, in rendering the foregoing opinion, we are expressing no opinion as to Federal or state laws relating to fraudulent transfers, and we are not passing upon, and assume no responsibility for, any disclosure in any registration statement or any related prospectus or other offering material relating to the offer and sale of the Securities.

The foregoing opinion is limited to the Federal laws of the United States, the laws of the State of New York, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware

and the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, and we are expressing no opinion as to the effect of the laws of any other jurisdiction. With respect to all matters of Louisiana law, we note that you have received an opinion, dated February 8, 2021, of Jones Walker LLP. With respect to all matters of Rhode Island law, we note that you have received an opinion, dated February 8, 2021, of Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP.

We have relied as to certain factual matters on information obtained from public officials, officers of the Company and the Guarantors, and other sources believed by us to be responsible, and we have assumed that the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Trustee, that the Notes conform to the specimen thereof examined by us, that the Trustee’s certificate of authentication of the Notes has been manually signed by one of the Trustee’s authorized officers, and the signatures on all documents examined by us are genuine, assumptions that we have not independently verified.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company for purposes of incorporating this opinion into the registration statement relating to the Securities and to the references to us under the heading “Validity of the Notes and the Guarantees” in the prospectus supplement relating to the Securities. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act.

		Exhibit 5.2

February 8, 2021

AMC Networks Inc.

11 Penn Plaza

New York, New York 10001

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as Louisiana counsel to Badlands Productions I LLC, a Louisiana limited liability company, and Hap and Leonard Productions I LLC, a Louisiana limited liability company (collectively, the “Louisiana Guarantors” and individually, a “Louisiana Guarantor”), both direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries of AMC Networks Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the public offering of $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.25% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “Notes”), including the guarantees thereof (the “Guarantees” and, together with the Notes, the “Securities”) by certain subsidiaries (the “Guarantors”) of the Company, including the Louisiana Guarantors, pursuant to the terms of that certain Underwriting Agreement, dated January 25, 2021 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), by and among the Company, the Guarantors and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representative of the underwriters named in Schedule I thereto. The Securities are being issued pursuant to that certain Indenture, dated as of March 30, 2016 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by that certain Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of the date hereof (the “Third Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), by and among the Company, the Guarantors, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee. This opinion is being delivered in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K.

The offer and sale of the Securities is being made pursuant to (i) a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-234695) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on November 14, 2019 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), as amended by that post-effective amendment no. 1 to the registration statement, filed with the Commission on January 14, 2021 (as amended, the “Registration Statement”), (ii) the prospectus contained in the Registration Statement dated November 14, 2019 (the “Base Prospectus”), (iii) the preliminary prospectus supplement dated January 25, 2021, relating to the Securities, in the form filed on January 25, 2021, with the Commission, pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act (the “Preliminary Prospectus”), (iv) the document identified by the Company as a “free writing prospectus” (within the meaning of Rule 433 and Rule 405 of the Securities Act”) (the “FWP”) dated January 25, 2021, and filed with the Commission on January 25, 2021, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, and (v) the prospectus supplement dated January 25, 2021 and filed with the Commission on January 26, 2021 pursuant to rule 424(b) under the Securities Act (such prospectus supplement, together with the Base Prospectus, the “Prospectus”).

In connection with the opinion set forth below, we have examined originals (including scanned copies of originals) or certified copies of (a) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, (b) the Base Indenture, (c) the Third Supplemental Indenture, (d) the global certificate evidencing the Notes, including the notation of guarantee (the “Note Certificate”), (e) the articles of organization and operating agreement of each Louisiana Guarantor, (f) a certificate of good standing for each Louisiana Guarantor issued by the Louisiana Secretary of State dated as of February 8, 2021 (the “Status Certificates”), and (g) certain resolutions of the sole member of each Louisiana Guarantor dated as of January 24, 2021.

The Third Supplemental Indenture and the Note Certificate are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Execution Documents” and individually as an “Execution Document”. The Indenture and the Note Certificate are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Opinion Documents” and individually as an “Opinion Document”.

We also have made such investigations of law and examined originals or copies of such other documents and records as we have deemed necessary and relevant as a basis for the opinion hereinafter expressed. With your approval, we have relied as to certain matters on information and certificates obtained from public officials, officers of each Louisiana Guarantor and other sources believed by us to be responsible. We have also relied on representations and statements of fact made in the Indenture and the Underwriting Agreement. We are not generally familiar with the business and operations of the Company and the Louisiana Guarantors and no inference as to our knowledge of the existence or absence of any fact should be drawn from our representation of the Louisiana Guarantors or the rendering of the opinions set forth below.

In the course of the foregoing investigations and examinations, we have assumed (a) the genuineness of all signatures on, and the authenticity of, all documents and records submitted to us as originals and the conformity to original documents and records of all documents and records submitted to us as copies, (b) the truthfulness of all statements of fact set forth in the documents and records examined by us, and (c) the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons.

Based on the foregoing and subject to the qualifications, limitations and assumptions set forth herein, and having due regard for such legal considerations as we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that:

1.    Each Louisiana Guarantor is a limited liability company, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Louisiana.

2.    Each Louisiana Guarantor has the limited liability company power and authority to (a) execute and deliver each Execution Document and (b) perform all of its obligations under each Opinion Document.

3.    The execution and delivery by each Louisiana Guarantor of each Execution Document and the performance by each Louisiana Guarantor of all of its obligations, including its Guarantee, under each Opinion Document has been duly authorized by all requisite limited liability company action on the part of such Louisiana Guarantor.

4.    Each Execution Document has been duly executed and delivered by each Louisiana Guarantor.

Our opinion in Section 1 is based solely upon the Status Certificates without further investigation as to the criteria for existence and good standing or any related legal issues, and such opinion is not intended to provide any conclusion or assurance beyond that conveyed by the Status Certificates. We have made no additional investigation after the date of the Status Certificates.

The opinions expressed herein are limited to the laws of the State of Louisiana, and we express no opinion as to the laws of any other jurisdiction (including the federal laws of the United States of America), or the local laws, ordinances or rules of any municipality, county or political subdivision of the State of Louisiana, or the effect any such laws may have on the matters set forth herein, nor do we express any opinion as to the validity, enforceability or scope of, or limitations on, any provisions relating to rights to indemnification or contribution. No opinions are expressed herein as to matters governed by laws pertaining to the Louisiana Guarantors solely because of the business activities of such entity which are not applicable to business entities generally. The opinions expressed herein are limited to the matters stated herein, and no opinions are implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated herein. In no way limiting the generality of the foregoing, we express no opinion concerning the enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes, or the Guarantees.

This letter speaks only as of the date hereof. We assume no obligation to revise or supplement this letter should the presently applicable laws be changed by legislative action, judicial decision or otherwise. Our opinions may be relied upon by you and by persons entitled to rely upon them pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Securities Act and, except as set forth in the next paragraph, may not otherwise be used, quoted or referred to by or filed with any other person or entity without prior written permission.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K being filed on the date hereof and incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, and the references to this firm under the caption “Validity of the Notes and the Guarantees.” In giving such consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder. Subject to all of the qualifications, limitations, exceptions, restrictions and assumptions set forth herein, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP may rely on this opinion letter as if it were an addressee hereof on this date for the sole purpose of issuing its opinion letter to the Company relating to the Securities, as filed with the Commission.

Exhibit 5.3

February 8, 2021

AMC Networks Inc.

11 Penn Plaza

New York, NY 10001

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special Rhode Island counsel to AMC Networks Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the public offering of $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.25% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “Notes”) by the Company, including the guarantees thereof (the “Guarantees”) by NOS4A2 Productions I LLC, a Rhode Island limited liability company (the “Rhode Island Guarantor”), and certain other subsidiaries of the Company (collectively, the “Guarantors”), issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of March 30, 2016 (the “Base Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, as supplemented by the Third Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated as of February 8, 2021 (the “Third Supplemental Indenture,” and together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”).

The Company and the Guarantors filed (i) a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-234695) (the “Original Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on November 14, 2019 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), relating to the issuance and sale by the Company and the Guarantors of debt securities and guarantees of debt securities, as applicable, (ii) a Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (the “Post-Effective Amendment”) to the Original Registration Statement with the Commission on January 14, 2021 under the Securities Act relating to the issuance and sale by the Company and the Guarantors of debt securities and guarantees of debt securities, as applicable (the Original Registration Statement, together with the Post-Effective Amendment, the “Registration Statement”), and (iii) a prospectus supplement (the “Prospectus Supplement”) with the Commission on January 26, 2021 under the Securities Act relating to the issuance and sale by the Company and the Guarantors of the Notes and Guarantees, as applicable. The Company and the Guarantors entered into an underwriting agreement dated January 25, 2021 (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as representative of the underwriters named in Schedule I thereto relating to the issuance and the sale by the Company and the Guarantors of the Notes and Guarantees, as applicable.

In connection with the opinion set forth below, we have examined originals (including scanned copies of originals) or certified copies of (i) the Registration Statement, (ii) the Prospectus Supplement, (iii) the Base Indenture, (iv) the Third Supplemental Indenture, (v) the global certificate evidencing the Notes, including the notation of guarantee (the “Note Certificate”), (vi) the Underwriting Agreement, (vii) the articles of organization and operating agreement of the Rhode Island Guarantor in effect as of the date hereof, (viii) the certificate of good standing for the Rhode Island Guarantor issued by the Rhode Island Secretary of State dated as of January 11, 2021, (ix) certain resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company authorizing, among other things, the issuance of the Notes and Guarantees, and (x) certain resolutions of the sole member of the Rhode Island Guarantor authorizing, among other things, the issuance of the Guarantee of the Rhode Island Guarantor. As used herein, “Transaction Agreements” means the Note Certificate and the Third Supplemental Indenture.

We also have made such investigations of law and examined originals or copies of such other documents and records as we have deemed necessary and relevant as a basis for the opinion hereinafter expressed. With your approval, we have relied as to certain matters on information and certificates obtained from public officials, officers of the Rhode Island Guarantor and other sources believed by us to be responsible. We have also relied on representations and statements of fact made in the Indenture and the Underwriting Agreement. We are not generally familiar with the business and operations of the Company and the Rhode Island Guarantor, and no inference as to our knowledge of the existence or absence of any fact should be drawn from our representation of the Company or the Rhode Island Guarantor or the rendering of the opinions set forth below.

In the course of the foregoing investigations and examinations, we have assumed (i) the genuineness of all signatures on, and the authenticity of, all documents and records submitted to us as originals and the conformity to original documents and records of all documents and records submitted to us as copies, (ii) the truthfulness of all statements of fact set forth in the documents and records examined by us, and (iii) the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons.

Based on the foregoing and subject to the qualifications, limitations, and assumptions set forth herein, and having due regard for such legal considerations as we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that:

For the purposes of this opinion letter, we have assumed that, with respect to the issuance, sale and delivery of the Notes and the Guarantees: (i) the Registration Statement is effective and complies with all applicable laws, (ii) the Notes and Guarantees were issued and sold in the manner stated in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus Supplement and the Underwriting Agreement, (iii) the Transaction Agreements and the Underwriting Agreement are valid instruments, enforceable against the parties thereto in accordance with their terms and applicable laws, and (iv) the performance, execution and delivery by the Rhode Island Guarantor of the Transaction Agreements and the issuance by the Rhode Island Guarantor of the Guarantee of the Rhode Island Guarantor do not (A) result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Rhode Island Guarantor, or any order, judgment or decree of any court or governmental authority applicable to the Rhode Island Guarantor, or (B) require any authorization, approval or other action by, or notice to or filing with, any court or governmental authority (other than such authorizations, approvals, actions, notices or filings which shall have been obtained or made, as the case may be, and which shall be in full force and effect).

The opinions expressed herein are limited to the laws of the State of Rhode Island, and we express no opinion as to the laws of any other jurisdiction (including the federal laws of the United States of America), or the local laws, ordinances or rules of any municipality, county or political subdivision of the State of Rhode Island, or the effect any such laws may have on the matters set forth herein, nor do we express any opinion as to the validity, enforceability or scope of, or limitations on, any provisions relating to rights to indemnification or contribution. No opinions are expressed herein as to matters governed by laws pertaining to the Rhode Island Guarantor solely because of the business activities of such entity which are not applicable to business entities generally. The opinions expressed herein are limited to the matters stated herein, and no opinions are implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated herein. We assume no obligation to revise or supplement this letter should the presently applicable laws be changed by legislative action, judicial decision or otherwise.

Our opinions may be relied upon by you and by persons entitled to rely upon them pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Securities Act but, except as set forth in the next paragraph, may not otherwise be used, quoted or referred to by or filed with any other person or entity without prior written permission.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K being filed on the date hereof and incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement pursuant to Item 16 of Form S-3 and in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Validity of the Notes and the Guarantees” in the Prospectus Supplement. In giving the foregoing consents, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION VERSION

AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of February 8, 2021

among

AMC NETWORKS INC.,

as the Company and an initial Borrower,

AMC NETWORK ENTERTAINMENT LLC,

as an initial Borrower,

CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY,

as Restricted Subsidiaries,

THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as an L/C Issuer,

and

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and an L/C Issuer

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

and

BOFA SECURITIES, INC.,

as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

CITIBANK N.A., MIZUHO BANK, LTD.,

TRUIST SECURITIES, INC., WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC,

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, BNP PARIBAS,

FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

MORGAN STANLEY MUFG LOAN PARTNERS, LLC

and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as Joint Bookrunners and Co-Documentation Agents

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Syndication Agent

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

This AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of February 8, 2021, is among AMC NETWORKS INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), AMC NETWORK ENTERTAINMENT LLC, a New York limited liability company (collectively with the Company, the “Borrower”), the Restricted Subsidiaries party hereto, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as an L/C Issuer, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), the Collateral Agent and an L/C Issuer, and each Lender party hereto. Terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meaning set forth in the Credit Agreement (as defined below), as amended by this Amendment.

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS:

(1)    The Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (other than the New Lender (as hereinafter defined)) and other parties named therein have entered into that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 28, 2017 (as the same may have been amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”).

(2)    The Borrower has requested, and the Lenders, upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, have agreed to enter into this Amendment to (i) extend the Maturity Date of each of the Revolving Credit Facility and the Term A Facility to February 8, 2026 and (ii) amend certain other provisions in the Credit Agreement as hereinafter set forth.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged), the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

SECTION 1.    Amendments to Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement is, effective as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date (as hereinafter defined) and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 hereof, hereby amended as follows:

(a)    The Credit Agreement is hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text) as set forth in the pages of the Credit Agreement attached as Exhibit A hereto. For the avoidance of doubt, Exhibit A hereto intentionally excludes the exhibits and schedules to the Credit Agreement, which, except as expressly set forth in clause (b) below, are not being amended hereby.

(b)    Schedules 1.01(i), 1.01(ii), 1.01(iii) and 6.05 are hereby amended and restated in their entirety to read as set forth on Exhibit B hereto.

SECTION 2.    Conditions of Effectiveness to Amendment No. 1. Section 1 of this Amendment shall become effective on the date (the “Amendment No. 1 Effective Date”) when, and only when, the following conditions shall have been satisfied:

(a)    The Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Amendment executed by each Loan Party and the Lenders or, as to any of the Lenders, written evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that such Lender has executed this Amendment.

(b)    The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence that all fees agreed among the Borrower and any Joint Lead Arranger or any Lender in respect of this Amendment have been paid. The Borrower shall have paid all fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent to the extent required to be paid pursuant to Section 5 of this Amendment or Section 10.04 of the Credit Agreement and properly invoiced prior to or on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, plus such additional amounts of such fees, charges and disbursements as shall constitute its reasonable estimate of such fees, charges and disbursements incurred or to be incurred by it through the closing proceedings (provided, that such estimate shall not thereafter preclude a final settling of accounts between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent).

(c)    The Administrative Agent shall have received (1) a certificate of the Borrower dated as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date signed on behalf of the Borrower by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, certifying on behalf of each Loan Party that the representations and warranties of such Loan Party set forth in Sections 3(b) and (c) are true and correct and (2) a loan certificate of each Loan Party, in substantially the form of Exhibit J to the Credit Agreement, together with appropriate attachments which shall include, without limitation, the following items: (i) a true, complete and correct copy of the articles of incorporation, certificate of limited partnership or certificate of formation or organization of such Loan Party, certified by the Secretary of State of such Loan Party’s organization, (ii) a true, complete and correct copy of the by laws, partnership agreement or limited liability company or operating agreement of such Loan Party (or, as to any such Loan Party, a certification that such constitutive documents of such Loan Party have not changed since such Loan Party became a party to the Credit Agreement), (iii) a copy of the resolutions of the board of directors or other appropriate entity of such Loan Party authorizing the execution, delivery and performance by such Loan Party of this Amendment and the Ancillary Documents (as defined below) to which it is a party, (iv) certificates of existence of such Loan Party issued by the Secretary of State or similar state official for the state of such Loan Party’s organization and (v) certification of the name and signature of each of the persons authorized to sign on its respective behalf this Amendment and each Ancillary Document to which it is a party (and the Lenders may conclusively rely on such certifications pursuant to this clause (v) until they receive notice in writing from such Loan Party, as the case may be, to the contrary).

(d)    The Administrative Agent shall have received the results of recent Uniform Commercial Code, tax, intellectual property and judgment lien searches in each relevant jurisdiction with respect to the Loan Parties, which searches shall reveal no Liens on any of the assets of the Loan Parties except for Liens permitted by the Credit Agreement. The Collateral Agent shall have received satisfactory evidence that all filings, recordings, registrations and other actions necessary to create, perfect and maintain the security interest of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral on the terms set forth in the Collateral Documents are in full force and effect. All deliverables related to the Collateral required to be delivered pursuant to the Security Agreement or the Pledge Agreement shall have been delivered to the Collateral Agent.

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(e)    The Lenders shall have received favorable opinions of:

(1)    the general counsel for the Borrower and the other Loan Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit E to the Credit Agreement; and

(2)    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, special New York counsel to the Borrower and the other Loan Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Credit Agreement;

and covering such other matters as any Lender or Lenders or special New York counsel to the Administrative Agent, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, may reasonably request (and for purposes of such opinions such counsel may rely upon opinions of counsel in other jurisdictions, provided that such other counsel are reasonably satisfactory to special counsel to the Administrative Agent and such other opinions state that the Lenders are entitled to rely thereon).

(f)    The Administrative Agent shall have received such other documents, filings, instruments and papers relating to the documents referred to herein and the transactions contemplated hereby as any Lender or the Administrative Agent shall reasonably require, including information reasonably requested as described in Section 10.16 of the Credit Agreement.

(g)    The Administrative Agent shall have received a Solvency Certificate attesting to the Solvency of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, after giving effect to the incurrence of indebtedness on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, from the chief financial officer of the Company.

(h)    The Administrative Agent and each Lender shall have received all documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities with respect to the Loan Parties reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or such Lender under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act and Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

(i)    Except as disclosed in the Company’s filings with the SEC made prior to the Closing Date, there shall not have occurred since December 31, 2019 any Materially Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.    Representations and Warranties. Each Loan Party represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:

(a)    (i) The execution, delivery and performance by such party of this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other action and do not and will not: (A) violate any Law currently in effect (other than violations that, singly or in the aggregate, have not had and are not likely to have a Materially Adverse Effect), or any provision of any of the Company’s or the Restricted Subsidiaries’ respective organizational documents presently in effect; (B) conflict with or result in the breach of, or constitute a default or require any consent under, or require any payment to be made under (1) any Contractual Obligation to which the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or their respective properties may be bound or affected or (2) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental

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Authority or any arbitral award to which the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or their respective properties are subject (in each case, other than any conflict, breach, default or required consent that, singly or in the aggregate, have not had and are not likely to have a Materially Adverse Effect); (C) require the approval or consent of, or filing or registration with, any (1) Governmental Authority or (2) any other third party, in the case of this clause (2) pursuant to any Contractual Obligation that is material to the business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; or (D) except as provided under any Loan Document, result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any of the properties or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, and (ii) this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by such party and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such party, enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms (except for limitations on enforceability under bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and limitations on the availability of the remedy of specific performance imposed by the application of general equitable principles).

(b)    Both immediately before and immediately after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, the representations and warranties of such Loan Party contained in the Credit Agreement and any other Loan Document are true and correct in all material respects; provided that, to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly refer to an earlier date, they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date.

(c)    Both immediately before and immediately after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

SECTION 4.    Reference to and effect on the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents. (a) On and after the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Credit Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in the Notes and each of the other Loan Documents to “the Credit Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment.

(b)    The Credit Agreement, as specifically amended by this Amendment, is and shall continue to be in full force and effect and is hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed. This Amendment is not intended to and shall not constitute a novation of the Credit Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Documents and all of the Collateral described therein do and shall continue to secure the payment of all Obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents, in each case as amended by this Amendment.

(c)    The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Lender or the Administrative Agent under any of the Loan Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of any of the Loan Documents.

(d)    Each Loan Party hereby (i) ratifies and reaffirms all of its payment and performance obligations, contingent or otherwise, under each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (ii) ratifies and reaffirms each grant of a lien on, or security interest in, its property made

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pursuant to the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, the grant of security made by such Loan Party pursuant to the Security Agreement) and confirms that such liens and security interests continue to secure the Obligations under the Loan Documents, subject to the terms thereof and (iii) in the case of each Guarantor, ratifies and reaffirms its guaranty of the Obligations pursuant to the Guaranty.

(e)    The provisions of Sections 10.04, 10.11, 10.13 (other than clause (a) thereof) and 10.15 of the Credit Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference as if set forth in full herein, mutatis mutandis.

(f)    The headings of this Amendment are for purposes of reference only and shall not be deemed to limit, amplify or modify the terms of this Amendment, nor affect the meaning hereof.

SECTION 5.    Costs and Expenses The Borrower agrees to pay all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of this Amendment and the other instruments and documents to be delivered hereunder (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Administrative Agent) in accordance with the terms of Section 10.04 of the Credit Agreement.

SECTION 6.    Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of (x) this Amendment and/or (y) any document, approval, consent, information, notice, certificate, request, statement disclosure or authorization related to this Amendment and/or the transactions contemplated hereby (each an “Ancillary Document”) that is an Electronic Signature (as defined below) transmitted by telecopy, e-mailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment or such Ancillary Document, as applicable. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Amendment and/or any Ancillary Document shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in any electronic form (including deliveries by telecopy, emailed .pdf, or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page), each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 6, “Electronic Signature” means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.

SECTION 7.    Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

SECTION 8.    WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING

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DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AMENDMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

SECTION 9.    Loan Document. This Amendment shall constitute and be deemed to be a Loan Document as defined in the Credit Agreement.

SECTION 10.    Exiting Lender Assignments; New Lenders; Reallocation of Outstanding Commitments and Loans.

(a)    (i) Each Lender listed on Schedule I attached hereto (each, an “Exiting Lender”) desires to assign all of its rights and obligations as a Lender under the Credit Agreement to certain of the other Lenders (each, an “Assignee Lender”) and to no longer be a party to the Credit Agreement, (ii) Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (the “New Lender”) hereby commits to purchase by assignment from certain of the other Lenders (each, an “Assignor Lender”) the Commitments and outstanding principal amount of the Loans of the Assignor Lenders in an amount equal to the principal amount set forth opposite the name of the New Lender in Schedule II attached hereto, together with all related rights and obligations of the Assignor Lenders under the Credit Agreement to the extent related to such purchased Commitments and Loans (collectively, the “Assigned Interest”), and (iii) the Lenders agree to reallocate their respective outstanding Commitments and Loans, such that the outstanding Commitments and Loans of the Lenders shall be as set forth in Schedule II attached hereto, in order to permit one or more of the Lenders to increase their Commitments and/or Loans under the Credit Agreement (together with each Assignee Lender, each an “Increasing Lender”), in each case, on and as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower consents to (w) the reallocation of the Commitments and outstanding Loans as set forth on Schedule II attached hereto, (x) each Exiting Lender’s assignment of its rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement to the Assignee Lenders, (y) the New Lender’s purchase by assignment from the Assignor Lenders of a portion of the outstanding Commitments and Loans under the Credit Agreement pursuant to clause (ii) above, and (z) the increase of each Increasing Lender’s outstanding Commitments and/or Loans under the Credit Agreement, in each case, to the extent needed to achieve the allocation of the outstanding Commitments and Loans among the Lenders as set forth on Schedule II attached hereto.

(b)    As of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date and after giving effect to the assignment and reallocation of the Commitments and outstanding Loans pursuant to subsection (a) above, (i) the outstanding Commitments and Loans of the Lenders shall be as set forth on Schedule II attached hereto, (ii) each Exiting Lender shall no longer (A) have any outstanding Commitments or Loans under the Credit Agreement, (B) be a Lender under the Credit Agreement or (C) have any rights or obligations with respect to being a Lender, and (iii) the New Lender shall constitute a “Lender” for all purposes under the Loan Documents and shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder.

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(c)    Notwithstanding anything in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary, the reallocation of the Commitments and Loans among the Lenders pursuant to this Section 10, including the assignment by each Exiting Lender of its rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement to the Assignee Lenders and the New Lender’s purchase by assignment from the Assignor Lenders of a portion of the outstanding Loans under the Credit Agreement pursuant to subsection (a)(ii) above, shall be deemed (i) to be assignments made subject to and in compliance with Section 10.06(b) of the Credit Agreement and (ii) to have been consummated pursuant to the terms of an Assignment and Assumption in the form attached as Exhibit H to the Credit Agreement (including, without limitation, the “Standard Terms and Conditions for Assignment and Assumption” set forth in Annex 1 to such Assignment and Assumption) as if such Lenders, each Exiting Lender and the New Lender had executed an Assignment and Assumption with respect to such reallocation. The Administrative Agent hereby waives the processing and recordation fees required to be paid to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.06(b)(iv) of the Credit Agreement with respect to the assignments and reallocations contemplated by this Section 10.

(d)    Each Exiting Lender joins in the execution of this Amendment solely for purposes of acknowledging and consenting to the assignment and reallocation of its outstanding Commitments and Loans under the Credit Agreement. Concurrently with the effectiveness of this Amendment, each Exiting Lender shall have received payment in full of all amounts owing to it under the Credit Agreement.

(e)    The New Lender (i) represents and warrants that (A) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Amendment and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (B) it meets all the requirements to be an assignee under Section 10.06(b) of the Credit Agreement (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 10.06(b)(iii) of the Credit Agreement), (C) from and after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (D) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by the Assigned Interest and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire the Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (E) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, and has received or has been accorded the opportunity to receive copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.01 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it deems appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Amendment and to purchase the Assigned Interest from the Assignor Lenders pursuant to the terms hereof, (F) it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Amendment and to purchase the Assigned Interest, and (G) if it is a Foreign Lender, it has delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the New Lender; (ii) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Loan

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Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (iii) agrees that (A) it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Assignor Lender or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents, and (B) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender. The New Lender further represents and warrants as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date to the Administrative Agent, each Assignor Lender and the respective Affiliates of each, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that the New Lender is not and will not be (1) an employee benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA, (2) a plan or account subject to Section 4975 of the Code, (3) an entity deemed to hold “plan assets” of any such plans or accounts for purposes of ERISA or the Code, or (4) a “governmental plan” within the meaning of ERISA.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.

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Exiting Lenders

SCHEDULE II

Allocations as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date

EXHIBIT A

FORM OF CREDIT AGREEMENT

(See attached.)

EXECUTION VERSION

Published CUSIP Number: 00164YAE7

Revolving Credit CUSIP Number: 00164YAF4

Term A Loan CUSIP Number: 00164YAG2

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of July 28, 2017

among

AMC NETWORKS INC.,

as the Company and an initial Borrower,

AMC NETWORK ENTERTAINMENT LLC,

as an initial Borrower,

CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY,

as Restricted Subsidiaries,

THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as an L/C Issuer,

and

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and an L/C Issuer

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

and

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.,

BNP PARIBAS, CITIBANK, N.A., FIFTH THIRD BANK,

MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,

SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY, INC.

and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Joint Bookrunners and Co-Documentation Agents

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Syndication Agent

(as amended pursuant to Amendment No. 1, dated as of February 8, 2021)

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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

This SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT is entered into as of July 28, 2017 (this “Credit Agreement”), among AMC NETWORKS INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), AMC NETWORK ENTERTAINMENT LLC, a New York limited liability company (collectively with the Company and each Additional Borrower (as defined below), the “Borrower”), the Restricted Subsidiaries identified herein, the lenders which are parties hereto, together with their respective successors and assigns, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and an L/C Issuer.

R E C I T A L S

WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Lenders provide revolving credit and term loans for the purposes set forth in Section 7.10, including the refinancing of, and repayment of amounts outstanding under, the First A&R Credit Agreement (such term and each other capitalized term used but not defined in these recitals having the meaning ascribed thereto in Article I of this Credit Agreement);

WHEREAS, the Revolving Credit Facility and the Term A Facility are to be made available by the Lenders in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Credit Agreement by the funding of the loans thereunder as set forth herein;

WHEREAS, each of the Guarantors expects to derive benefit, directly or indirectly, from the making of the loans under the Facilities;

WHEREAS, it is the intent of the parties hereto that this Credit Agreement not constitute a novation of the obligations and liabilities of the parties under the First A&R Credit Agreement, but that this Credit Agreement amend and restate in its entirety the First A&R Credit Agreement and re-evidence the obligations and liabilities of the Borrower outstanding thereunder, which shall be payable in accordance with the terms hereof; and

WHEREAS, the Lenders are willing to amend and restate the First A&R Credit Agreement and to make available the loans under the Facilities on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto amend and restate the First A&R Credit Agreement and covenant and agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING MATTERS

Section 1.01    Certain Defined Terms. As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

“Activities” has the meaning given to such term in Section 9.02(b).

“Additional Borrower” has the meaning given to such term in Section 10.19.

“Adjusted Operating Income” means, for any period, the following for the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP: (i) aggregate operating revenues, minus (ii) aggregate operating expenses (including technical, programming, sales, selling, general administrative expenses and salaries and other compensation, in each case net of amounts allocated to Affiliates, but excluding depreciation and amortization (but, for the avoidance of doubt, depreciation and amortization will not include the amortization of programming expenses (films, series, shows and other content), which is treated as an operating expense), charges and credits relating to employee stock plans, and restructuring charges and credits, and, to the extent otherwise included in operating expenses, any losses resulting from a write-off or write-down of Investments by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in Affiliates), plus (iii) without duplication, Deferred Carriage Fee Amortization; provided, however, that for purposes of determining Adjusted Operating Income for any period (A) there shall be excluded all management fees accrued by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period unless such management fees are paid in cash during such period, (B) Adjusted Operating Income for such period shall be increased by the amount of management fees paid to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in cash in such period to the extent previously excluded pursuant to clause (A) above, (C) there shall be excluded (I) operating expenses in connection with the Distribution Transaction in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate, (II) operating expenses relating to the Chello Acquisition and the financing thereof, including the First A&R Credit Agreement, in an amount not to exceed $40,000,000 in the aggregate and (III) expenses related to transition services, systems integration, accounting, legal, tax and human resources integration in connection with the Chello Acquisition and incurred within 12 months of the closing date of the Chello Acquisition, in an amount not to exceed $25,000,000, (D) the amount of Adjusted Operating Income attributable to any non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary shall be included only to the extent of the Company’s direct or indirect economic interest in the Equity Interests of such non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary; provided, that the amount of Adjusted Operating Income attributable to all non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiaries shall in no event exceed 10% of the total Adjusted Operating Income for such period, and (E) Adjusted Operating Income for such period shall be increased or reduced, as the case may be, by the Adjusted Operating Income of assets or businesses acquired or disposed of (provided that in each case it has an impact on Annual Adjusted Operating Income of at least $1,000,000) (including by means of any redesignation of any Subsidiary pursuant to Section 7.08(c)) by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary on or after the first day of such period, determined on a pro forma basis reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (it being agreed that it shall be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that such pro forma calculations may be based upon GAAP as applied in the preparation of the financial statements for the Company, delivered in accordance with Section 7.01 rather than as applied in the financial statements of the Person whose assets were acquired and may include, in the Company’s discretion, a reasonable estimate of savings resulting from any such acquisition or disposition (a) that have been realized, (b) for which the steps necessary for realization have been taken, or (c) for which the steps necessary for realization are reasonably expected to be taken within 12 months of the date of such acquisition or disposition), as though the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary acquired or disposed of such assets on the first day of such period. For purposes of this definition, operating revenues and operating expenses shall exclude any

non-recurring, non-cash items in excess of $2,500,000. Adjusted Operating Income may also be adjusted to normalize an acceleration of programming expenses (films, series, shows and other content) required to be recognized in accordance with GAAP when the program’s useful life is shortened or otherwise changed from the originally projected useful life. Furthermore, to the extent the programs are abandoned and, to the extent that the amortization of such programming expenses are, in accordance with GAAP, required to be accelerated into the year of such impairment, the Company may treat such costs as being amortized over a period equal to the original projected useful life. In the event of any suspension of carriage by any party to an Affiliation Agreement during renewal negotiations of such Affiliation Agreement or upon the expiration or termination of, or during disputes under, such Affiliation Agreement, the Adjusted Operating Income calculation, for purposes of complying with the Financial Covenants (but not for any other purpose), may be adjusted (the “Carriage Suspension Adjustment”) to include the affiliation fee and advertising revenue attributable to the affected Affiliation Agreement from the corresponding period one year prior to each period during which such suspension of carriage continues, but in any event not to exceed three months, provided that the Carriage Suspension Adjustment shall be limited only to the affiliation fee and advertising revenue attributable to one Affiliation Agreement during any three-month period being tested.

“Administrative Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder and its successors in such capacity.

“Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth in Section 10.02 or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Company and the Lenders.

“Administrative Questionnaire” means an administrative questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any U.K. Financial Institution.

“Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person which directly or indirectly controls, or is under common control with, or is controlled by, such Person. As used in this definition, “control” (including, with its correlative meanings, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies of a Person (whether through ownership of securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise); provided that, in any event, any Person which owns directly or indirectly 10% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body of a corporation or 10% or more of the partnership or other ownership interests of any other Person (other than as a limited partner of such other Person) will be deemed to control such corporation or other Person; and provided further that no individual shall be an Affiliate of a Person solely by reason of his or her being an officer, director, manager, member or partner of such Person, except in the case of a partner or member if his or her interests in such partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, shall qualify him or her as an Affiliate.

“Affiliation Agreement” means any agreement between the Company or any of its Affiliates and a distributor pursuant to which such distributor agrees, among other things, to distribute and exhibit to its subscribers programming of the Company or such Affiliate, as the case may be.

“Agent-Related Person” has the meaning given to such term in Section 10.04(d).

“Agent’s Group” has the meaning given to such term in Section 9.02(b).

“Aggregate Commitments” means the Commitments of all the Lenders.

“AMC” means AMC Network Entertainment LLC, a New York limited liability company.

“AMCNI” means AMC Networks International LLC (formerly AMC Acquisition Company LLC), a Delaware limited liability company.

“AMC Global” means AMC Global Holdings CV, a Dutch partnership.

“Amendment No. 1” means that certain Amendment No. 1 to this Credit Agreement, dated as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, among the Borrower, certain subsidiaries of the Company party thereto, the lenders party thereto and JPMCB, as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and an L/C issuer.

“Amendment No. 1 Effective Date” means February 8, 2021.

“Ancillary Document” has the meaning given to such term in Section 10.09(b).

“Annual Adjusted Operating Income” means, as of any date, Adjusted Operating Income for the period of four consecutive Quarters covered by the then most recent Compliance Certificate delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 7.01(d).

“Annual Total Interest Expense” means, as of any date, Total Interest Expense for the period of four consecutive Quarters covered by the then most recent Compliance Certificate delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 7.01(d).

“Anti-Corruption Laws” means all published laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Company or its Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.

“Applicable Percentage” means (a) in respect of the Term A Facility, with respect to any Term A Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Term A Facility represented by (i) on or prior to the Closing Date, such Term A Lender’s Term A Commitment at such time and (ii) thereafter, the principal amount of such Term A Lender’s Term A Loans at such time, (b) in respect of any Incremental Term Facility, with respect to any Incremental Term Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of such Incremental Term Facility represented by the principal amount of such Incremental Term

Lender’s Incremental Term Loans at such time, and (c) in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility, with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Revolving Credit Facility represented by such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment at such time. If the commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender to make Revolving Credit Loans and the obligations of the L/C Issuers to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.02, or if the Revolving Credit Commitments have expired, then the Applicable Percentage of each Revolving Credit Lender in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility shall be determined based on the Applicable Percentage of such Revolving Credit Lender in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility most recently in effect, giving effect to any subsequent assignments. The initial Applicable Percentage of each Lender in respect of each Facility is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01 (or, in the case of any Incremental Term Lender, on Schedule I to an Incremental Term Supplement, if any) or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.

“Applicable Rate” means, (a) with respect to the Term A Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility, the applicable percentage per annum set forth in the table below determined by reference to the Cash Flow Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 7.01(d); provided, that for the period of six months after the Closing Date, the Applicable Rate with respect to the Term A Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility shall be 0.50% per annum for Base Rate Loans and 1.50% per annum for Eurodollar Rate Loans:

and (b) with respect to an Incremental Term Facility, the rate specified as such in the applicable Incremental Term Supplement.

Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate with respect to the Term A Facility and Revolving Credit Facility resulting from a change in the Cash Flow Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(d); provided, however, that if a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when due in accordance with such Section, then Pricing Level 5 shall apply in respect of the Term A Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility as of the first Business Day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered.

“Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage” means with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender at any time, such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility at such time.

“Appropriate Lender” means, at any time, (a) with respect to any of the Term A Facility, Revolving Credit Facility or Incremental Term Facility, if any, a Lender that has a Commitment with respect to such Facility or holds a Term A Loan, Revolving Credit Loan or Incremental Term Loan, if any, respectively, at such time, (b) with respect to the Swingline Sublimit, the Swingline Lender, and (c) with respect to the Letter of Credit Sublimit, (i) the L/C Issuers and (ii) if any Letters of Credit have been issued pursuant to Section 2.03(a), the Revolving Credit Lenders.

“Approved Electronic Communications” means, for purposes of identifying all Communications which may be made on the Approved Electronic Platform, each Communication that any Loan Party is obligated to, or otherwise chooses to, provide to the Administrative Agent pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein, including any financial statement, financial or other report, notice, request, certificate or other information material; provided, however, that, solely with respect to delivery of any such Communication by any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent and without limiting or otherwise affecting either the Administrative Agent’s right to effect delivery of such Communication by posting such Communication to the Approved Electronic Platform or the protections afforded hereby to the Administrative Agent in connection with any such posting, “Approved Electronic Communication” shall exclude (i) any notice of borrowing, letter of credit request, swingline loan request, notice of conversion or continuation, and any other notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material relating to a request for a new, or a conversion of an existing, Borrowing, (ii) any notice pursuant to Section 2.04(a) and Section 2.04(b) and any other notice relating to the payment of any principal or other amount due under any Loan Document prior to the scheduled date therefor, (iii) all notices of any Default or Event of Default and (iv) any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material required to be delivered to satisfy any of the conditions set forth in Article V or any other condition to any Borrowing or other extension of credit hereunder or any condition precedent to the effectiveness of this Credit Agreement (provided that, for avoidance of doubt any such excluded Communication listed in clause (i) through clause (iv) may be made by electronic mail as provided in Section 10.02(b)(iv)).

“Approved Electronic Platform” has the meaning given to such term in Section 10.02(d).