0000898822-18-000035.txt : 20180522 0000898822-18-000035.hdr.sgml : 20180522 20180522160415 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000898822-18-000035 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20180516 ITEM INFORMATION: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20180522 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180522 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: 18852440 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 8k052118.htm 8-K


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  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):  May 16, 2018

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
 
 Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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:

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Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
 
(a)            On May 16, 2018, National Amusements, Inc. and NAI Entertainment Holdings LLC (together, "NAI") each delivered to CBS Corporation ("CBS" or the "Company") a purported action by written consent (together, the "Actions by Written Consent") that NAI claimed effected certain amendments (the "Purported Bylaw Amendments") to CBS's Amended and Restated Bylaws (the "Bylaws").  NAI owns approximately 79.7% of CBS's voting Class A common stock and owns approximately 10.3% of CBS's Class A common stock and non-voting Class B common stock on a combined basis.  NAI asserted in the notice that the Purported Bylaw Amendments were effective immediately.

The Purported Bylaw Amendments primarily (i) change the vote required and otherwise restrict the ability of the board of directors of the Company (the "Board") to declare and pay any dividend upon the capital stock of the Company, (ii) change the vote required and otherwise restrict the ability of the Board to adopt, amend, alter, change or repeal any provisions of the Bylaws and (iii) modify, in certain respects, the Company's existing bylaw provision providing that the Delaware Chancery Court is the exclusive jurisdiction for certain types of corporate litigation.  A copy of the Purported Bylaw Amendments is filed herewith as Exhibit 3(b) and is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.

The Company intends to challenge the Purported Bylaw Amendments.  The Company also intends to file an Information Statement on Schedule 14C (the "Information Statement") pursuant to Regulation 14C and Rule 14c-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in order to provide stockholders with required information regarding the Purported Bylaw Amendments at least 20 calendar days prior to the earliest date on which such corporate action may be taken.  The Company believes the Purported Bylaw Amendments are invalid under Delaware law and the Purported Bylaw Amendments cannot become effective under controlling federal law and SEC rules until 20 days after the Information Statement is distributed to stockholders even if they were valid.  For each of these independent reasons, the Company believes the determination by the Board on May 17, 2018 to declare a pro rata dividend of 0.5687 of a share of Class A common stock for each share of the Company's Class A common stock and Class B common stock to stockholders, contingent on Delaware court approval, was not subject to the Purported Bylaw Amendments.
 
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
3(b)
 
 
 
2
SIGNATURES

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
 
  
       
Date: May 22, 2018
By:
/s/ Lawrence P. Tu  
    Name: Lawrence P. Tu  
    Title: Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer  
 
 
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 EX-3.B 2 ex3b.htm EXHIBIT 3(B)
Exhibit 3(b)
Purported Amendments to the Amended and Restated Bylaws of CBS Corporation
Article IX, Section 1 of the Bylaws is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

"Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, if any, may be declared by the board of directors, pursuant to law, only upon approval and declaration by the vote of directors specified below and compliance with the following procedures and notice requirements: First, the directors, at any regular or special meeting, by the affirmative vote of at least 90% of directors then in office, shall adopt a resolution recommending the dividend (specifying the form and amount of the proposed dividend payable to holders of each class or series of stock); second, if such resolution recommending the proposed dividend is approved by the required vote, the dividend may be approved and declared by the directors at a second meeting (and not before such second meeting), held, on notice to all directors stating the purpose thereof, not earlier than 20 business days after the meeting at which the resolution recommending the dividend was passed, by the affirmative vote of at least 90% of directors then in office; provided, however, that a dividend may be declared without the need for such a second meeting if and only if such dividend is approved and declared by the affirmative vote of all the directors then in office at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of any statute, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and these bylaws (including, without limitations, the foregoing procedures)."

Article X of the Bylaws is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

"In furtherance of and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the board of directors of the Corporation from time to time may adopt, amend, alter, change or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation (a "bylaw amendment") only upon approval by the vote of directors specified below and compliance with the following procedures and notice requirements: First, the directors, at any regular or special meeting, by the affirmative vote of at least 90% of directors then in office, shall adopt a resolution recommending such bylaw amendment (including the specific wording of the proposed bylaw amendment); second, if such resolution recommending the proposed bylaw amendment is approved by the required vote, the bylaw amendment may be approved by the directors at a second meeting (and not before such second meeting), held, on notice to all directors stating the purpose thereof, not earlier than 20 business days after the meeting at which the resolution recommending the bylaw amendment was passed, by the affirmative vote of at least 90% of directors then in office; provided, however, that a bylaw amendment may be approved by the directors without the need for such a second meeting if and only if such bylaw amendment is approved by the affirmative vote of all the directors then in office at any regular or special meeting; provided further, that any bylaws adopted, amended, altered, changed or repealed by the board of directors or the stockholders of the Corporation may be amended, altered, changed or repealed by the stockholders of the Corporation. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation or these bylaws (and notwithstanding the fact that a lesser percentage may be specified by law, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws), the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the aggregate voting power of all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation then entitled to vote generally in an election of directors, voting together as a single class, shall be required for the stockholders of the Corporation to amend, alter, change, repeal or adopt any bylaws of the Corporation."

Article VIII of the Bylaws is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

"The Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if and only if the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware lacks subject matter jurisdiction, any state or federal court located within the State of Delaware) shall be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action or proceeding asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or stockholder of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation's stockholders, (iii) any action or proceeding asserting a claim against the Corporation or any director or officer of the Corporation arising pursuant to, or seeking to enforce any right, obligation, or remedy under, any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Corporation's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, or these bylaws (as each may be amended from time to time), (iv) any action or proceeding to interpret, apply, enforce, or determine the validity of any provision or provisions of the Corporation's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws (as each may be amended from time to time), or any amendment thereto or modification thereof, (v) any action or proceeding asserting a claim against the Corporation or any director or officer of the Corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine, or (vi) any action or proceeding to determine the result of any vote or action by written consent of stockholders.  The board of directors may consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum; provided, however, that any such consent shall require the affirmative vote of all the directors then in office."