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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN 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(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Ferrera Gary W   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol National CineMedia, Inc. [NCMI] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Executive VP and CFO (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O NATIONAL CINEMEDIA, INC., 9110 E. NICHOLS AVE., SUITE 200 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/28/2009 (Street) CENTENNIAL, CO 80112-3405 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 04/28/2009(1)   A   33,216 (2) A $ 0 68,450 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Employee stock option (right to buy)

$ 9.22

04/28/2009(1)

A

99,648

(3)

01/14/2019

Common Stock

99,648

$ 0

99,648

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Ferrera Gary W C/O NATIONAL CINEMEDIA, INC. 9110 E. NICHOLS AVE., SUITE 200 CENTENNIAL, CO 80112-3405			Executive VP and CFO

Signatures

/s/ Jennifer A. D'Alessandro, as attorney-in-fact		04/29/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	On January 15, 2009, the compensation committee of National CineMedia, Inc. (the "Issuer") approved the grant of restricted stock and stock options to the reporting person, subject to stockholder approval of (i) an amendment to the Issuer's 2007 Equity Incentive Plan to increase the maximum number of shares of the Issuer's common stock available for issuance from 2,576,000 shares to 7,076,000 shares, and (ii) the use of "Free Cash Flow" (defined as Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization ("EBITDA") less capital expenditures) as the performance measure for vesting of shares of the restricted stock. The Issuer's stockholders approved these matters on April 28, 2009.
(2)	Represents shares of restricted stock which will vest based upon achievement of the actual cumulative Free Cash Flow target at the end of the three-year measuring period.
(3)	The option vests in three equal annual installments beginning on January 15, 2010.

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