-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, V/7FnjNh2Bxr/wIJ37yoIyn8I3WpFE8fsv9fQ/cL73EyO31vcg039VUQiVo/ceNF hjzsXXS6j+cVgSKK1ytTfQ== 0000813828-07-000165.txt : 20070330 0000813828-07-000165.hdr.sgml : 20070330 20070330162255 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000813828-07-000165 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070326 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20070330 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070330 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CBS CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000813828 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATIONS [4833] IRS NUMBER: 042949533 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09553 FILM NUMBER: 07733070 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 51 WEST 52ND STREET STREET 2: 35TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10019 BUSINESS PHONE: 2129754321 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 51 WEST 52ND STREET STREET 2: 35TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10019 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: VIACOM INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 cbs8kapptofdirectors330074.htm FORM 8-K

 


UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 26, 2007

 

CBS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

001-09553

04-2949533

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification Number)

 

51 West 52nd Street, New York, New York

10019

(Address of principal executive offices)

(zip code)

                Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 975-4321

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 


 


Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

(d)   On March 26, 2007, the Board of Directors of CBS Corporation (the “Company”) elected the following persons to serve as members of the Company’s Board of Directors, effective March 27, 2007: Gary L. Countryman, Chairman Emeritus, Liberty Mutual Group; Linda Griego, President and Chief Executive Officer, Griego Enterprises, Inc.; Arnold Kopelson, Film Producer and Co-Chairman and Co-President of Kopelson Entertainment; and Doug Morris, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Universal Music Group.

 

Mr. Countryman was also elected to serve as chair of the Company’s Audit Committee, effective May 1, 2007. The committee or committees of the Board of Directors on which the other newly elected directors may serve have not yet been determined.

 

None of the new directors is a party, directly or indirectly, to any transaction required to be reported pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. The company for which Mr. Morris serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and the Company have had ordinary course business transactions from time to time which the Company believes are not material.

 

Each of the new directors will participate in the Company’s standard director compensation arrangements applicable to directors who are not employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries described in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 14, 2006.

 

A copy of the press release announcing the election of Mr. Countryman, Ms. Griego, Mr. Kopelson and Mr. Morris is attached hereto as Exhibit 99 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits. The following Exhibit is filed as part of this Report on Form 8-K:

 

 

Exhibit

Number

Description of Exhibit

99

Press Release of CBS Corporation, dated March 26, 2007, announcing the election of Gary L. Countryman, Linda Griego, Arnold Kopelson and Doug Morris to the CBS Corporation Board of Directors

 

 

 

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

CBS CORPORATION

(Registrant)

 

 

By: 


/s/ Louis J. Briskman

 

Name:

Louis J. Briskman

 

Title:

 

Executive Vice President and General Counsel

 

 

 

Date: March 30, 2007

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit

Number

Description of Exhibit

99

Press Release of CBS Corporation, dated March 26, 2007, announcing the election of Gary L. Countryman, Linda Griego, Arnold Kopelson and Doug Morris to the CBS Corporation Board of Directors

 

 

 

 

EX-99 2 cbsboardappointexhibits33007.htm PRESS RELEASE


 

 

 

March 26, 2007

 

CBS CORPORATION NAMES FOUR NEW MEMBERS TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Gary L. Countryman, Linda Griego, Arnold Kopelson and Doug Morris Bring the

Total Number of Company Directors to 13

 

CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS and CBS.A) today announced that its Board of Directors has elected Gary L. Countryman, Linda Griego, Arnold Kopelson and Doug Morris to serve on the Company’s Board. The appointments of Countryman, Griego, Kopelson and Morris bring the total number of CBS Corporation Directors to 13.

 

Countryman is Chairman Emeritus of the Liberty Mutual Group. He served as Chairman of Liberty Mutual Group from 1986 to 2000. He also served as CEO from 1986 to 1998. He has been a director of the Liberty Mutual Group since 1981, and he also serves as a director of the Bank of America, and NSTAR. Countryman is Chairman of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and President of the United Way of New England. Countryman received a B.S. and a M.S. in Business Administration from the University of Oregon.

 

Griego is a highly regarded entrepreneur and civic leader. For the past two decades, Griego has served as president and CEO of Griego Enterprises, Inc., a business management company that oversees the operations of Engine Co. 28, a prominent restaurant in downtown Los Angeles founded by Griego in 1988. From 1990 until 2000, Griego held a number of government-related appointments including president and CEO of the Los Angeles Community Development Bank, and president and CEO of RebuildLA, the agency charged with recovery following the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Griego currently serves on the boards of City National Bank, AECOM Technology Corporation, Southwest Water Company, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, and the Public Policy Institute of California. Over the past two decades, she has also served on several government commissions and boards of directors of non-profit organizations. Griego is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles.

 

Kopelson is a distinguished producer who has produced 27 motion pictures and has been honored with a Best Picture Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and an Independent Spirit Award, all for his production of "Platoon." He has also received a Best Picture Academy Award nomination for his production of "The Fugitive." Kopelson's films have generated 17 Academy Award nominations and over $3.0 billion in worldwide receipts in all media. Kopelson is a

 

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graduate of New York Law School and practiced entertainment and banking law specializing in motion picture financing. Through Kopelson Entertainment, he continues to produce films and finance the acquisition and development of screenplays. Kopelson serves on the Executive Committee of the Producers Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Rand Corporation Center for Middle East Public Policy.

 

Morris is the Chairman, CEO and a Director of the Universal Music Group. Morris began his career as a songwriter, producer, and the founder of his own record label, which was acquired by Atlantic Records in 1978. In 1980, Morris was appointed President of Atlantic Records and co-CEO with Ahmet Ertegun of the Atlantic Recording Group. In 1994, Morris became President and Chief Operating Officer of Warner Music U.S. and was soon after appointed Chairman. In July 1995, Morris formed a joint venture, full-service record label with Universal Music Group. Morris has worked with some of the most popular and influential artists of the past four decades including The Rolling Stones,  Phil Collins, Pete Townshend, Led Zeppelin, Stevie Nicks, Bette Midler, The Who, INXS, Jay Z, Stevie Wonder, U2, Elton John, Nelly, Bon Jovi, Andrea Bocelli, Mary J Blige and Mariah Carey. Morris serves on the board of directors of the Robin Hood Foundation, the Gold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He is a graduate of Columbia University.

 

CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) is a mass media company with constituent parts that reach back to the beginnings of the broadcast industry, as well as newer businesses that operate on the leading edge of the media industry. The Company, through its many and varied operations, combines broad reach with well-positioned local businesses, all of which provide it with an extensive distribution network by which it serves audiences and advertisers in all 50 states and key international markets. It has operations in virtually every field of media and entertainment, including broadcast television (CBS and The CW – a joint venture between CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Entertainment), cable television (Showtime and CSTV Networks), local television (CBS Television Stations), television production and syndication (CBS Paramount Network Television and CBS Television Distribution), radio (CBS Radio), advertising on out-of-home media (CBS Outdoor), publishing (Simon & Schuster), interactive media (CBS Interactive), music (CBS Records), licensing and merchandising (CBS Consumer Products), video/ DVD (CBS Home Entertainment) and motion pictures (CBS Feature Films). For more information, log on to www.cbscorporation.com.

 

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Press Contacts:

Dana McClintock

(212) 975-1077

dlmcclintock@cbs.com

 

 

 

 

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