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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 3
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Knafel, Sidney R.
(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o Insight Communications Company, Inc.
126 East 56th Street
(Street)
New York, New York 10022
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
July 20, 1999
3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)
4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Insight Communications Company Inc. ICCI
5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable)
/X/ Director /X/ 10% Owner
/X/ Officer (give title below) / / Other (specify below)
Chairman of the Board
6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
7. Individual or Joint/Group Reporting (Check applicable line)
/X/ Form filed by One Reporting Person
/ / Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see instruction
5(b)(v).
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
2. Amount 3. Ownership
of Secu- Form:
rities Direct 4. Nature of
Bene- (D) or Indirect
ficially Indirect Beneficial
Owned (I) Ownership
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5)
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Class A Common Stock 0
Class B Common Stock 0 (1)
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Table II--Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
2. Date Exercisable
and Expiration Date 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative
(Month/Day/Year) Security (Instr. 4)
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Date Amount or
1. Title of Derivative Exercis- Expiration Title Number of
Security (Instr. 4) able Date Shares
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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5. Ownership
Form of
Derivative
4. Conver- Security:
sion or Direct 6. Nature of
Exercise (D) or Indirect
Price of Indirect Beneficial
1. Title of Derivative Derivative (I) Ownership
Security (Instr. 4) Security (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5)
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
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Explanation of Responses:
The Reporting Person owns no common stock of the Issuer as of the date of this
Form 3. Upon the consummation of the Issuer's initial public offering, the
Reporting Person shall receive a number of shares of the Issuer's Class B common
stock issued in respect of a partnership. The actual number of shares will
depend upon the initial public offering price.
/s/ SIDNEY R. KNAFEL 7/20/99
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
