---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001514991-23-000027"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AMCX"
cik: "0001514991"
company_name: "AMC Global Media Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T22:35:15.017028+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AMC Networks stockholders elect directors, ratify KPMG, approve say-on-pay

## Summary
- Class A elected five directors; Leonard Tow received 4.7M for vs 19.9M withheld.
- KPMG ratified as auditor for 2023 with 141.7M for, 0.4M against.
- Say-on-pay approved with 120.7M for, 18.5M against (non-binding).
- Stockholder proposal on executive stock retention failed with 9.1M for, 129.9M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001514991-23-000027
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AMCX
- cik: 0001514991
- company_name: AMC Global Media Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1514991/000151499123000027/0001514991-23-000027-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1514991/000151499123000027/amcx-20230615.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  AMC Global Media Inc. shareholders rejected Stockholder proposal recommending adoption of a policy on executive stock retention at the 2023-06-15 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-15
  source text: The Company’s Class A stockholders and Class B stockholders, voting together as a single class, did not approve a stockholder proposal recommending that the Company adopt a policy on executive stock retention. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 9,146,531 129,890,935 186,492 2,864,130
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1514991/000151499123000027/0001514991-23-000027-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  AMC Global Media Inc. shareholders approved Advisory (non-binding) approval of compensation of Named Executive Officers at the 2023-06-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-15
  source text: The Company’s Class A stockholders and Class B stockholders, voting together as a single class, approved, on an advisory basis (non-binding), the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 120,665,696 18,459,874 98,388 2,864,130
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1514991/000151499123000027/0001514991-23-000027-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  AMC Global Media Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2023 at the 2023-06-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-15
  source text: The Company’s Class A stockholders and Class B stockholders, voting together as a single class, ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2023 fiscal year. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 141,679,209 400,255 8,624 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1514991/000151499123000027/0001514991-23-000027-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  AMC Global Media Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-06-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-15
  source text: The Company’s Class A stockholders elected the five directors listed below to the Board of Directors, each for a one-year term. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows: For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Matthew C. Blank 23,329,316 1,341,272 2,864,130 Joseph M. Cohen 14,020,415 10,650,173 2,864,130 Debra G. Perelman 23,518,145 1,152,443 2,864,130 Leonard Tow 4,741,112 19,929,476 2,864,130 Carl E. Vogel 13,886,439 10,784,149 2,864,130 The Company’s Class B stockholders elected the eight directors listed below to the Board of Directors, each for a one-year term. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows: For Withheld Aidan J. Dolan 114,533,370 0 Charles F. Dolan 114,533,370 0 James L. Dolan 114,533,370 0 Patrick F. Dolan 114,533,370 0 Thomas C. Dolan 114,533,370 0 Brian G. Sweeney 114,533,370 0 Vincent Tese 114,533,370 0 Marianne Dolan Weber 114,533,370 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1514991/000151499123000027/0001514991-23-000027-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.