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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the

Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on June 5, 2012.

 

                     
AMC NETWORKS INC.       Meeting Information     
     

 

Meeting Type:          Annual Meeting

    

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      For holders as of:     April 9, 2012    
      Date:  June 5, 2012       Time:  10:00 a.m.    
      Location:    IFC Center    
         323 Sixth Avenue    
         New York, New York    
                
             
   

 

You are receiving this communication because you hold shares in the above named company.

  

AMC NETWORKS INC.

II PENN PLAZA

NEW YORK, NY 10001

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Voting Items

      

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following Director nominees:

    
1.      Election of the following nominees as Directors:  
     (01)    Neil M. Ashe   

(03)  

   Leonard Tow  
     (02)    Alan D. Schwartz           

(04)  

   Robert C. Wright  

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposals:

 

  

2.

 

     

To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for fiscal year 2012

 

  

3.

 

     

To approve the AMC Networks Inc. Amended and Restated 2011 Employee Stock Plan

 

  

4.

 

      To approve the AMC Networks Inc. Amended and Restated 2011 Cash Incentive Plan  

5.

 

      To approve the AMC Networks Inc. Amended and Restated 2011 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors  

6.

 

      To approve, on an advisory basis, compensation of our executive officers  

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR 3 YEARS on the following proposal:

 

  

7.

 

     

An advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote on the compensation of our executive officers

 

  

DIRECTIONS TO THE IFC CENTER

The IFC Center is the site of our 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The IFC Center is located at 323 Sixth Avenue, New York, New York.

 

BY SUBWAY

Take any of the following subway lines: A, B, C, D, E, F, M, or 1 trains. All of these trains stop near the IFC Center. The IFC Center is located on the corner of West Third Street and Sixth Avenue, on the west side of Sixth Avenue.

 

BY CAR OR TAXI

 

From the East: Take I-495 West toward New York. Take exit 17W toward Brooklyn and merge onto I-278 West. Take exit 32A on the left toward the Williamsburg Bridge/Manhattan and merge onto Williamsburg Bridge. Turn right onto Essex Street, and then turn left onto East Houston Street. Turn right onto Sixth Avenue. The IFC Center will be on the left.

 

From the West: Take I-78 East and continue onto the Holland Tunnel. Exit toward Hudson Street and keep left at the fork to continue toward Hudson Street. Take exit 2 for Hudson Street toward Uptown. Turn right onto Hudson Street, and then turn right onto Spring Street. Turn left onto Sixth Avenue. The IFC Center will be on the left.

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Voting Items

      

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following Director nominees:

    
1.      Election of the following nominees as Directors:  
     (01)    William J. Bell   

(05)  

   Patrick F. Dolan  
     (02)    James L. Dolan           

(06)  

   Thomas C. Dolan  
     (03)    Charles F. Dolan   

(07)  

   Brian G. Sweeney  
     (04)    Kristin A. Dolan   

(08)  

   Marianne Dolan Weber  

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposals:

 

  

2.

 

     

To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for fiscal year 2012

 

  

3.

 

     

To approve the AMC Networks Inc. Amended and Restated 2011 Employee Stock Plan

 

  

4.

 

      To approve the AMC Networks Inc. Amended and Restated 2011 Cash Incentive Plan  

5.

 

      To approve the AMC Networks Inc. Amended and Restated 2011 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors  

6.

 

      To approve, on an advisory basis, compensation of our executive officers  

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR 3 YEARS on the following proposal:

 

  

7.

 

     

An advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote on the compensation of our executive officers

 

  

DIRECTIONS TO THE IFC CENTER

The IFC Center is the site of our 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The IFC Center is located at 323 Sixth Avenue, New York, New York.

 

BY SUBWAY

Take any of the following subway lines: A, B, C, D, E, F, M, or 1 trains. All of these trains stop near the IFC Center. The IFC Center is located on the corner of West Third Street and Sixth Avenue, on the west side of Sixth Avenue.

 

BY CAR OR TAXI

From the East: Take I-495 West toward New York. Take exit 17W toward Brooklyn and merge onto I-278 West. Take exit 32A on the left toward the Williamsburg Bridge/Manhattan and merge onto Williamsburg Bridge. Turn right onto Essex Street, and then turn left onto East Houston Street. Turn right onto Sixth Avenue. The IFC Center will be on the left.

 

From the West: Take I-78 East and continue onto the Holland Tunnel. Exit toward Hudson Street and keep left at the fork to continue toward Hudson Street. Take exit 2 for Hudson Street toward Uptown. Turn right onto Hudson Street, and then turn right onto Spring Street. Turn left onto Sixth Avenue. The IFC Center will be on the left.

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