SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Avista Capital Managing Member, LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O AVISTA CAPITAL PARTNERS 65 EAST 55TH STREET, 18TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 05/24/2017	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol WideOpenWest, Inc. [ WOW ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	37,870,054	I	Avista Funds(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Avista Capital Managing Member, LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O AVISTA CAPITAL PARTNERS 65 EAST 55TH STREET, 18TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Avista Capital Partners, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O AVISTA CAPITAL PARTNERS 65 EAST 55TH STREET, 18TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Avista Capital Partners (Offshore), L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O AVISTA CAPITAL PARTNERS 65 EAST 55TH STREET, 18TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Avista Capital Partners III, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O AVISTA CAPITAL PARTNERS 65 EAST 55TH STREET, 18TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Avista Capital Partners (Offshore) III, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O AVISTA CAPITAL PARTNERS 65 EAST 55TH STREET, 18TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Avista Capital Partners (Offshore) III-A, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O AVISTA CAPITAL PARTNERS 65 EAST 55TH STREET, 18TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ACP Racecar Co-Invest, LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O AVISTA CAPITAL PARTNERS 65 EAST 55TH STREET, 18TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ACP Racecar Co-Invest II, LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O AVISTA CAPITAL PARTNERS 65 EAST 55TH STREET, 18TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Tamaroff Joshua Alexander (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O AVISTA CAPITAL PARTNERS 65 EAST 55TH STREET, 18TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Burgstahler David F (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O AVISTA CAPITAL PARTNERS 65 EAST 55TH STREET, 18TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents shares of Common Stock of the Issuer ("Common Stock") that are indirectly beneficially held by the reporting persons through Racecar Acquisition, LLC as follows:

2. 8,571,180 shares held by Avista Capital Partners, L.P., 2,260,143 shares held by Avista Capital Partners (Offshore), L.P., 5,189,636 shares held by Avista Capital Partners III, L.P., 1,531,596 shares held by Avista Capital Partners (Offshore) III, L.P., 1,362,097 shares held by Avista Capital Partners (Offshore) III-A, L.P., 18,059,208 shares held by ACP Racecar Co-Invest, LLC and 896,194 shares held by ACP Racecar Co-Invest II, LLC (collectively, the "Avista Entities'').

3. Avista Capital Managing Member, LLC exercises voting and dispositive power over the Avista Entities.

4. Joshua Tamaroff and David F. Burgstahler are each members of the Issuer's board of directors. Mr. Tamaroff is an employee of the Avista Entities. Mr. Burgstahler is the President of the general partner of Avista Capital Partners GP, LLC.

5. Each Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.

	AVISTA CAPITAL MANAGING MEMBER, LLC /s/ David Burgstahler, President	05/24/2017
	AVISTA CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P., by Avista Capital Partners GP, LLC, its General Partner /s/ David Burgstahler, President	05/24/2017
	AVISTA CAPITAL PARTNERS (OFFSHORE), L.P., by Avista Capital Partners GP, LLC, its General Partner /s/ David Burgstahler, President	05/24/2017
	AVISTA CAPITAL PARTNERS III, L.P., by Avista Capital Partners III GP, L.P., its General Partner, by Avista Capital Managing Member, LLC, its General Partner /s/ David Burgstahler, President	05/24/2017
	AVISTA CAPITAL PARTNERS (OFFSHORE) III, L.P., by Avista Capital Partners III GP, L.P., its General Partner, by Avista Capital Managing Member, LLC, its General Partner /s/ David Burgstahler, President	05/24/2017
	AVISTA CAPITAL PARTNERS (OFFSHORE) III-A, L.P., by Avista Capital Partners III GP, L.P., its General Partner, by Avista Capital Managing Member, LLC, its General Partner /s/ David Burgstahler, President	05/24/2017
	ACP RACECAR CO-INVEST, LLC, by Avista Capital Partners III GP, L.P., its Manager, by Avista Capital Managing Member, LLC, its General Partner /s/ David Burgstahler, President	05/24/2017
	ACP RACECAR CO-INVEST II, LLC, by Avista Capital Partners III GP, L.P., its Manager, by Avista Capital Managing Member, LLC, its General Partner /s/ David Burgstahler, President	05/24/2017
	JOSHUA ALEXANDER TAMAROFF /s/ David Burgstahler, Attorney-in-Fact	05/24/2017
	/s/ David Burgstahler	05/24/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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