CUSIP No. 817340201
1. Name of Reporting Person: Buckingham Capital Management, Inc.
IRS Identification No. of above person: 13-3276152
2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group*:
3. SEC Use Only
4. Citizenship or Place of Organization: Delaware
Number of Shares 5. Sole Voting Power: 1,970,073
Beneficially Owned
By Each Reporting 6. Shared Voting Power: 0
Person With
7. Sole Dispositive Power: 1,970,073
8. Shared Dispositive Power: 0
9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person: 1,970,073
10. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares:*
11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9): 5.16%
12. Type of Reporting Person*: IA
CUSIP No. 817340201
1. Name of Reporting Person: Buckingham Research Group Incorporated.
IRS Identification No. of above person: 13-3134008
2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group*:
3. SEC Use Only
4. Citizenship or Place of Organization: Delaware
Number of Shares 5. Sole Voting Power: 1,970,073
Beneficially Owned
By Each Reporting 6. Shared Voting Power: 0
Person With
7. Sole Dispositive Power: 1,970,073
8. Shared Dispositive Power: 0
9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person: 1,970,073
10. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares:*
11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9): 5.16%
12. Type of Reporting Person*: BD
Schedule 13G/A of Buckingham Capital Management, Inc.
and Buckingham Research Group Incorporated with
respect to the common stock (the "Common Shares")
of Sequential Brands Group, Inc. (the "Company").
Item 1(a) Name of Issuer: Sequential Brands Group, Inc.
Item 1(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
17383 Sunset Boulevard, Suite A310 Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
Item 2(a) Name of Persons Filing:
This statement is being filed by Buckingham Capital
Management, Inc. and Buckingham Research Group
Incorporated. Buckingham Capital Management, Inc.
is a registered investment adviser which acts as the general
partner and investment manager for various private investment
funds and which also manages other accounts on a discretionary
basis. Buckingham Research Group Incorporated, a registered
broker-dealer, is the parent company of Buckingham Capital
Management, Inc. and thus may be deemed to be the
beneficial owner of the securities reported herein.
Item 2(b) Address of Principal Business Office or, if none,
Residence: 485 Lexington Avenue, Third Floor,
New York, NY 10017
Item 2(c) Citizenship:
Each of Buckingham Capital Management, Inc.
and Buckingham Research Group Incorporated is a
Delaware corporation
Item 2(d) Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock
Item 2(e) CUSIP Number: 817340201
Item 3 If this statement is filed pursuant to Rule
240.13d-1(b) or 240.13d-2(b) or (c), check
whether the person filing is a:
(a) [x] Broker or dealer registered under section 15 of
the Act (15 U.S.C. 78o)
(b) [ ] Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act
(15 U.S.C. 78c).
(c) [ ] Insurance company as defined in section 3(a)(19)
of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c).
(d) [ ] Investment company registered under section 8 of
the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-8).
(e) [x] An investment adviser in accordance with Rule
240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E);
(f) [ ] An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in
accordance with Rule 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F);
(g) [ ] A parent holding company or control person in
accordance with Rule 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G);
(h) [ ] A savings associations ad defined in Section 3(b)
of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813);
(i) [ ] A church plan that is excluded from the definition
of an investment company under section 3(c)(14) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3);
(j) [ ] Group, in accordance with Rule 240.13d-1(b)
(1)(ii)(J).
Item 4 Ownership
(a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 1,970,073
(b) Percent of class: 5.16%
(c) Number of shares as to which the person has:
(i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 1,970,073
(ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 0
(iii)Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:
1,970,073
(iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0
Item 5 Ownership of Five Percent or less of a Class: If this statement
is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the
reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more
than five percent of the class of securities, check
the following [ ]
Item 6 Ownership of more than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person:
Not applicable
Item 7 Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary, Which
Acquired the Security, Being Reported on By the Parent Holding
Company: Not applicable.
Item 8 Identification and Classification of Members of the Group:
Not applicable.
Item 9 Notice of Dissolution of Group: Not applicable.
Item 10 Certification (if filing pursuant to Rule 240.13d-1(b)):
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and
belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and
are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired
and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing
or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and
were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a
participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.
SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.
Dated: February 13, 2015
BUCKINGHAM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
By:/s/Peter D. Goldstein, Esq.
Peter D. Goldstein, Esq, Chief Compliance Officer, General Counsel
THE BUCKINGHAM RESEARCH GROUP INCORPORATED
By:/s/Peter D. Goldstein, Esq.
Peter D. Goldstein, Esq, Chief Legal Officer
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