SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Sherin Michael J. III (Last) (First) (Middle) 11 PENN PLAZA (Street) NEW YORK CITY NY 10001 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 08/25/2021	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol AMC Networks Inc. [ AMCX ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) EVP, Chief Accounting Officer	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Restricted Stock Units	(1)	03/09/2022	AMC Networks Inc. Class A Common Stock	791	(1)	D
Restricted Stock Units	(2)	03/09/2023	AMC Networks Inc. Class A Common Stock	3,638	(2)	D
Restricted Stock Units	(3)	03/09/2024	AMC Networks Inc. Class A Common Stock	2,669	(3)	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Each restricted stock unit ("RSU") was granted on March 9, 2019 under the AMC Networks Inc. 2016 Employee Stock Plan and represents a right to receive one share of Class A Common Stock or the cash equivalent thereof. One-third of the RSUs vested and were settled on March 9, 2021 and one-third of the RSUs vested and were settled on March 9, 2020. The remaining one-third of the RSUs will vest on March 9, 2022 subject to the achievement of certain performance measures.

2. Each RSU was granted on March 8, 2020 under the AMC Networks Inc. 2016 Employee Stock Plan and represents a right to receive one share of Class A Common Stock or the cash equivalent thereof. One-third of the RSUs vested and were settled on March 9, 2021. The remaining two-thirds of the RSUs vest as follows: one-third on March 9, 2022 and one-third on March 9, 2023.

3. Each RSU was granted on March 12, 2021 under the AMC Networks Inc. Amended and Restated 2016 Employee Stock Plan and represents a right to receive one share of Class A Common Stock or the cash equivalent thereof. The RSUs are scheduled to vest in three equal installments on March 9, 2022, March 9, 2023 and March 9, 2024, subject to the achievement of certain performance measures.

	/s/ Anne G. Kelly, attorney-in-fact for Michael J. Sherin III	08/26/2021
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: that I, Michael J. Sherin III,
constitute and appoint James G. Gallagher and Anne G. Kelly,
 as true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to prepare,
execute, and submit to the SEC a Form ID, including amendments
thereto, and any documents necessary or appropriate to obtain
codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic
filings with the SEC of Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and
the rules and regulations promulgated under and Schedule 13D in
accordance with section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations promulgated under. I also constitute and
appoint James G. Gallagher and Anne G. Kelly, as true and lawful
attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities to sign any Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance
with Section 16(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934
and the rules thereunder (including any amendments or exhibits
thereto and other forms and reports) that I may be required to
file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as a result
of my ownership or transactions in securities of AMC Networks
Inc., granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every
act and thing required and necessary to be done in and about
the foregoing as fully for all intents and purposes as I might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of
them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
I acknowledge that the attorneys-in-fact and agents, each serving
in such capacity as requested herein, are not assuming,
nor is AMC Networks Inc. assuming, any of the responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934.
This power of attorney is not intended to, and does not, revoke,
or in any way affect, any prior power of attorney that I have
executed.

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

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto signed my name on
the 25th day of August, 2021.

/s/ Michael J. Sherin III
MICHAEL J. SHERIN III