On April 29, 2022, AMC Networks Inc. announced that it has received a shareholder proposal from Kenneth Steiner, requesting that the Board of Directors take the steps necessary as soon as possible to amend the Company's articles of incorporation and/or bylaws to provide that director nominees shall be elected by the affirmative vote of the majority of votes cast at an annual meeting of shareholders, with a plurality vote standard retained for contested director elections, that is, when the number of director nominees exceeds the number of board seats. In addition, the Company urged the shareholders to vote against the shareholder proposal at its annual general meeting of shareholders scheduled to be held on June 16, 2022.