FORM 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 8, 2009
CBS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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001-09553
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04-2949533 |
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer Identification Number) |
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51 West 52nd Street, New York, New York
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10019 |
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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Registrants 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:
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 8.01 Other Events.
On May 8, 2009, CBS Corporation (the Company) and CBS Operations Inc., the guarantor,
entered into an underwriting agreement (the Underwriting Agreement) with Banc of America
Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and UBS Securities LLC,
as representatives of the underwriters named in Schedule 1 thereto (collectively, the
Underwriters), with respect to the Companys issuance and sale of $400,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of its 8.200% Senior Notes due 2014 (the 2014 Notes) and $350,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of its 8.875% Senior Notes due 2019 (the 2019 Notes and, together with the 2014
Notes, the Notes). The offering is being made pursuant to the Companys effective registration
statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-154962). The Underwriting Agreement has been filed as Exhibit 1.1,
the form of Note for the 2014 Notes has been filed as Exhibit 4.1, the form of Note for the 2019
Notes has been filed as Exhibit 4.2 and the form of guarantee for each of the 2014 Notes and 2019
Notes has been filed as Exhibit 4.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and each is incorporated by
reference herein.
ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed as part of this report on Form 8-K:
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Exhibit |
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Description of Exhibit |
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1.1
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Underwriting Agreement, dated May 8, 2009, among CBS
Corporation, CBS Operations Inc., Banc of America
Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc. and UBS Securities LLC, as representatives
of the underwriters named in Schedule 1 thereto. |
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4.1
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Form of Note for the 2014 Notes. |
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4.2
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Form of Note for the 2019 Notes. |
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4.3
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Form of Guarantee for each of the 2014 Notes and 2019 Notes. |
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.
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CBS CORPORATION
(Registrant)
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/s/ Fredric G. Reynolds
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Fredric G. Reynolds |
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Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer |
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Date: May 13, 2009
Exhibit Index
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1.1
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Underwriting Agreement, dated May 8, 2009, among CBS
Corporation, CBS Operations Inc., Banc of America
Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc. and UBS Securities LLC, as representatives
of the underwriters named in Schedule 1 thereto. |
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4.1
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Form of Note for the 2014 Notes. |
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4.2
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Form of Note for the 2019 Notes. |
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4.3
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Form of Guarantee for each of the 2014 Notes and 2019 Notes. |
EX-1.1
EXECUTION
VERSION
Exhibit 1.1
CBS CORPORATION
$400,000,000 8.200% Senior Notes due 2014
$350,000,000 8.875% Senior Notes due 2019
Underwriting Agreement
May 8, 2009
Banc of America Securities LLC
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
UBS Securities LLC
As Representatives of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto
c/o Banc of America Securities LLC
One Bryant Park,
New York, New York 10036
Ladies and Gentlemen:
CBS Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Company), proposes to issue and sell to the
several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the Underwriters, which term shall include any
underwriter substituted hereinafter as provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom you are acting as
representatives (the Representatives), $400,000,000 principal amount of its 8.200% Senior Notes
due May 15, 2014 (the 2014 Notes) and $350,000,000 principal amount of its 8.875% Senior Notes
due May 15, 2019 (the 2019 Notes and, together with the 2014 Notes, the Notes). The Notes are
guaranteed on an unsecured basis (the Guarantees) by CBS Operations Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the Guarantor). The Notes and the Guarantees are hereinafter collectively referred to as the
Securities. The Securities will be issued pursuant to an Amended and Restated Senior Indenture
dated as of November 3, 2008 (as so amended and supplemented from time to time, the Indenture),
among the Company, the Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the Trustee).
Certain terms of the Securities were or will be established pursuant to resolutions adopted by the
Company dated May 8, 2009 pursuant to Section 301 of the Indenture.
1. Representations and Warranties. The Company and the Guarantor jointly and
severally represent and warrant to the Underwriters, as of the date hereof, as follows:
(a) Registration Statement and the Prospectus. The Company has filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) a registration statement on Form S-3 (No.
333-154962) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 1933 Act) (including the
information (if any) deemed to be part of the registration statement pursuant to Rule 430A, Rule
430B or Rule 430C under the 1933 Act, the Registration Statement) in respect of, among
other
things, the Securities. The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act.
The Registration Statement is an automatic shelf registration statement, as defined in Rule 405
of the 1933 Act, that initially became effective not earlier than three years prior to the date
hereof, and the Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the
1939 Act). The prospectus included in the Registration Statement is hereinafter referred to as
the Base Prospectus. The Base Prospectus, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement
specifically relating to the Securities in the form first used to confirm sales of the Securities
(or in the form first made available to the Underwriters by the Company to meet requests of
purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the 1933 Act) is hereinafter referred to as the Prospectus,
and the term Preliminary Prospectus means the preliminary form of the Prospectus dated May 8,
2009. For purposes of this Agreement, free writing prospectus has the meaning set forth in Rule
405 under the 1933 Act, and Time of Sale Prospectus means the Preliminary Prospectus together
with the free writing prospectuses, if any, each identified in Annex A hereto. As used herein, the
terms Registration Statement, Base Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus, Time of Sale
Prospectus and Prospectus shall include the documents, if any, incorporated by reference
therein. Any reference herein to the terms amend, amendment or supplement with respect to
the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale
Prospectus and the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the 1934 Act), after the date of this
Underwriting Agreement, or the issue date of the Base Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus, the
Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by
reference.
The Registration Statement, as of the most recent effective date, and the Indenture complied,
in all material respects, with the applicable provisions of the 1933 Act and the 1939 Act,
respectively, and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. The
Registration Statement, as of the most recent effective date, did not contain an untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading. The Time of Sale Prospectus, at May 8, 2009, did not,
and at the Closing Time, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Prospectus, as of its date and on
the Closing Time, will comply, in all material respects, with the applicable provisions of the 1933
Act and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no
representations or warranties as to (i) that part of the Registration Statement which shall
constitute the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the 1939
Act or (ii) the information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement, the Time of
Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto in reliance upon
and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by or on behalf of any
Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use in the Registration Statement, the
Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto.
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(b) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Other than the Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus, the Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Underwriters in
their capacity as such) has not made, used, prepared, authorized, approved or referred to and will
not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any free writing prospectus other than the
documents listed on Annex A hereto and other written communications approved in writing in advance
by the Representatives.
The documents listed on Annex A hereto do not include any information that conflicts with the
information contained in the Registration Statement, including any document incorporated therein by
reference and any prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or
modified. The foregoing sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any documents
listed on Annex A based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by
any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein.
(c) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, at the time they were or
hereafter are, until the Closing Time, filed with the Commission, complied and will comply, as the
case may be, in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder (the 1934 Act Regulations).
(d) Independent Accountants. To the best of the Companys knowledge, the accountants
who certified the financial statements and any supporting schedules thereto included in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus are independent public
accountants as required by the 1933 Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder (the 1933 Act Regulations).
(e) Financial Statements. The financial statements of the Company included in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, together with the related
schedules and notes, as well as those financial statements, schedules and notes of any other entity
included therein, present fairly the financial position of the Company at the dates indicated, and
the statement of operations, stockholders equity and cash flows of the Company for the periods
specified. Such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles (GAAP) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved,
except as otherwise noted therein and subject, in the case of interim financial statements, to
normal year-end audit adjustments. The supporting schedules, if any, included in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus present fairly in accordance with GAAP
the information required to be stated therein.
(f) No Material Adverse Change in Business. Since the date of the most recent
consolidated financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein,
there has been no material adverse change in the financial condition, results of operations or
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business affairs of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise (a Material
Adverse Effect).
(g) Good Standing. The Company and the Guarantor are validly existing as corporations
in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and have corporate power and authority to
own, lease and operate their respective properties and to conduct their respective businesses as
described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus and to enter into and perform their
respective obligations under, or as contemplated under, this Underwriting Agreement. The Company
and the Guarantor are duly qualified as foreign corporations to transact business and are in good
standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of
the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failures to so
qualify or be in good standing would not in the aggregate result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(h) Good Standing of Designated Subsidiaries. Each significant subsidiary of the
Company (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the 1933 Act), if
any, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of
its incorporation, has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and
to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus and is duly
qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing
of property or the conduct of business, except where the failures to so qualify or be in good
standing would not in the aggregate result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(i) Capitalization. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Guarantor
have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, and are wholly
owned by the Company, free and clear of any lien, adverse claim, security interest, equity or other
encumbrance except as described in the Prospectus and except where the existence of such liens,
adverse claims, security interests, equity or other encumbrances would not, in the aggregate,
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(j) Authorization of Agreements. This Underwriting Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantor.
(k) Authorization of the Securities. The Securities have been duly authorized by the
Company and the Guarantor, as the case may be, for issuance and sale pursuant to this Underwriting
Agreement. The Securities, when issued and authenticated in the manner provided for in the
Indenture and delivered against payment of the consideration therefor specified in this
Underwriting Agreement, will have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and will
constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company and the Guarantor, as the case may
be, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, enforceable against the Company and the Guarantor,
as the case may be, in accordance with their terms, except as (i) the enforceability thereof may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating
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to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors rights generally and (ii) rights of acceleration, if any, and the
availability of equitable remedies may be limited by equitable principles of general applicability
(regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(l) Authorization of the Indenture. The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Company and the Guarantor and, assuming the due authorization, execution and
delivery by the trustee thereunder, constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company and
the Guarantor, enforceable against the Company and the Guarantor in accordance with its terms,
except as (i) the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including,
without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or other
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally and (ii) rights of
acceleration, if any, and the availability of equitable remedies may be limited by equitable
principles of general applicability (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or
at law).
(m) Description of the Securities and the Indenture. The Securities and the Indenture
conform in all material respects to the statements relating thereto contained in the Time of Sale
Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(n) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts. The issue and sale of the Securities and
compliance by the Company and the Guarantor with all of the provisions of the Securities, the
Indenture and this Underwriting Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
herein and therein do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of
time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment Event (as defined
below) under, any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract,
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or
instrument to which the Company, the Guarantor or any of their respective subsidiaries is a party
or by which it or any of them may be bound, or to which any of the assets, properties or operations
of the Company, the Guarantor or any of their respective subsidiaries is subject, nor will such
action result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company, the
Guarantor or any of their respective subsidiaries or any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation,
judgment, order, writ or decree of any government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or
foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company, the Guarantor or any of their respective
subsidiaries or any of their assets, properties or operations, except, in any such case, for such
conflicts, breaches or violations as would not individually or in the aggregate result in a
Material Adverse Effect. As used herein, a Repayment Event means any event or condition which
gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on
such holders behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a
portion of such indebtedness by the Company, the Guarantor or any of their respective subsidiaries.
(o) Absence of Proceedings. There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or
investigation before or brought by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or
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foreign, now pending, or to the knowledge of the Company or the Guarantor, threatened, against
or affecting the Company, the Guarantor or any of their respective subsidiaries which is required
to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus
(other than as stated therein).
(p) Absence of Further Requirements. No filing with, or authorization, approval,
consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any court or governmental
authority or agency, domestic or foreign, is necessary or required for the authorization, issuance,
sale and delivery of the Securities by the Company and the Guarantor or for the performance by the
Company or the Guarantor of the transactions contemplated under this Underwriting Agreement, except
as otherwise set forth herein, and except such as have been already made, obtained or rendered, as
applicable, and as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the
purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters and except where the failure to
obtain any such filing, authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration,
qualification or decree would not individually or in the aggregate result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(q) Investment Company Act. The Company is not, and upon the issuance and sale of the
Securities as herein contemplated and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in
the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus will not be, an investment company within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act).
(r) Officers Certificates. Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company, the
Guarantor or any of their subsidiaries delivered to the Representatives or to counsel for the
Underwriters shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company or the Guarantor, as the
case may be, to each Underwriter as to matters covered thereby.
(s) Disclosure Controls. The Company maintains effective disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the 1934 Act) that are designed to ensure that
information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the
1934 Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the
Commissions rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such
information is accumulated and communicated to the Companys management as appropriate to allow
timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company has carried out evaluations of the
effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the 1934 Act.
(t) Accounting Controls. The Company maintains processes of internal control over
financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the 1934 Act) designed by, or under the
supervision of, its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing
similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally
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accepted accounting principles. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time
of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, there are no material weaknesses in the design or operation
of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
Companys ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information.
(u) Sarbanes-Oxley Act. There is and has been no failure in any material respect on
the part of the Company or, to the Companys knowledge, any of the Companys directors or officers,
in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the
rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the Sarbanes-Oxley Act), including
Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications by the Companys
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.
(v) Status under the 1933 Act. The Company is not an ineligible issuer and is a
well-known seasoned issuer, in each case, as defined under the 1933 Act, at the times specified
in the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Securities.
(w) Broadcasting Operations. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the
Time of Sale Prospectus and Prospectus or as would not individually or in the aggregate result in a
Material Adverse Effect: the Company and its subsidiaries hold all material Federal Communications
Commission (the FCC) permits, licenses, authorizations and approvals for its broadcast stations
(collectively, the Authorizations) that are necessary to conduct their respective businesses in
the manner in which they are currently being conducted; the Authorizations are in full force and
effect; the operations of the stations owned or operated by the Company or any of its subsidiaries
(the Stations) are in all material respects in compliance with the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules, regulations, written policies and decisions of the FCC thereunder
(collectively, the Communications Act); and all reports and documents that are required by the
Communications Act to be filed with respect to the ownership, management or operation of the
Stations have been duly and timely filed.
2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing.
(a) Securities. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company
agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees,
severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the price set forth in Schedule 2
hereto, the aggregate principal amount of the Securities set forth in Schedule 1 hereto opposite
the name of such Underwriter plus any additional principal amount of the Securities which such
Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 hereof.
(b) Payment. Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of, the Securities shall
be made at the offices of the Company, 51 West 52nd Street, New York, New York 10019, or
at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company, at 9:00 A.M.
(Eastern time) on May 13, 2009 (unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section
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10), or such other time not later than ten business days after such date as shall be agreed
upon by the Representatives and the Company (such time and date of payment and delivery being
herein called the Closing Time).
Payment shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank
account designated by the Company, against delivery to the Representatives for the respective
accounts of the Underwriters of the Securities to be purchased by them. It is understood that each
Underwriter has authorized the Representatives, for its account, to accept delivery of, receipt
for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the Securities which it has severally agreed to
purchase. The Representatives, individually and not as representatives of the Underwriters, may
(but shall not be obligated to) make payment of the purchase price for the Securities to be
purchased by any Underwriter whose funds have not been received by the Closing Time, but such
payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder. Delivery of the
Securities shall be made through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company (DTC),
Clearstream Luxembourg Banking, société anonyme, or Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the
Euroclear System, unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct.
(c) Restrictions on Resale. Each Underwriter agrees that it will not offer, sell or
deliver any of the Securities, directly or indirectly, or distribute the Time of Sale Prospectus or
the Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securities, in or from any
jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best knowledge and belief of such
Underwriter after reasonable investigation, result in compliance with the applicable laws and
regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on the Company except as set forth in
this Underwriting Agreement.
Each Underwriter represents and agrees that (i) it has only communicated or caused to be
communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated any invitation or inducement to
engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of the Financial Services and
Markets Act 2000 (FSMA)) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of any Securities in
circumstances in which section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to any Company or the Guarantor,
and (ii) it has complied with and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with
respect to anything done by it in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the
United Kingdom.
In relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the
Prospectus Directive (each, a Relevant Member State) each Underwriter represents and agrees that
it has not made and will not make an offer to the public of any Securities in that Relevant Member
State prior to the publication of a prospectus in relation to the Securities which has been
approved by the competent authority in that Relevant Member State or, where appropriate, approved
in another Relevant Member State and notified to the competent authority in that Relevant Member
State, all in accordance with the Prospectus Directive, except that it may make an offer to the
public in that Relevant Member State of any Securities at any time under the following exemptions
under the Prospectus Directive, if they have been implemented in that Relevant Member State at any
time:
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(i) to legal entities which are authorized or regulated to operate in the financial
markets or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest
in securities;
(ii) to any legal entity which has two or more of (1) an average of at least 250
employees during the last fiscal year; (2) a total balance sheet of more than 43,000,000
and (3) an annual net turnover of more than 50,000,000, as shown in its last annual or
consolidated accounts;
(iii) to fewer than 100 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as
defined in the Prospectus Directive) subject to obtaining the prior consent of the
Representatives for any such offer; or
(iv) in any other circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus
Directive,
provided that no such offer of Securities shall result in a requirement for the
publication by the Company, any Guarantor or any of the Underwriters of a prospectus
pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive.
For the purposes of this provision, the expression an offer to the public in
relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in
any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and
any Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or
subscribe for any Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any
measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State and the
expression Prospectus Directive means Directive 2003/71/EC and includes any
relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.
Each Underwriter represents and agrees that: (i) it has not offered or sold and will not offer
or sell in Hong Kong, by means of any document, any senior notes other than (a) to professional
investors as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap.571, Laws of Hong Kong) (the
Securities and Futures Ordinance) and any rules made thereunder; or (b) in other circumstances
which do not result in the document being a prospectus as defined in the Companies Ordinance of
Hong Kong (Cap.32, Laws of Hong Kong) (the Companies Ordinance) or which do not constitute an
offer to the public within the meaning of the Companies Ordinance; and (ii) it has not issued or
had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for
the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, any advertisement, invitation or document
relating to the senior notes, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be
accessed or read by, the public of Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities
laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to senior notes which are or are intended to be disposed
of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to professional investors as defined in the
Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made thereunder.
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The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Securities and Exchange Law
of Japan (the SEL), and each Underwriter represents and agrees, and each Underwriter further
appointed will be required to represent and agree, that the Securities being purchased by it will
be purchased by it as principal, and that neither it nor any person acting on its behalf has
offered or sold, or will offer or sell, any Securities, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to, or
for the benefit of, any resident of Japan (which term shall mean any person resident in Japan or
any corporation or entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for re-offering or
resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to, or for the benefit of, any resident of Japan,
except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the SEL and otherwise in
compliance with the SEL and other relevant laws and regulations.
Neither the Preliminary Prospectus nor the Prospectus has been registered as a prospectus with
the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Accordingly, each Underwriter represents and agrees, and each
Underwriter further appointed will be required to represent and agree, that the Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale,
or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities shall not be circulated or
distributed, nor shall the Securities be offered or sold, or be made the subject of an invitation
for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than
(i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289
of Singapore (the SFA), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1) of the SFA, or any
person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions, specified in Section 275
of the SFA or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other
applicable provision of the SFA.
(d) Free Writing Prospectuses. (i) The Company represents and agrees that, other than
the final term sheet substantially in the form of Annex B hereto, without the prior consent of the
Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would
constitute a free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act; (ii) each
Underwriter represents and agrees that, other than the final term sheet substantially in the form
of Annex B hereto, without the prior consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any
offer relating to the Securities that would constitute a free writing prospectus; (iii) any such
free writing prospectus, the use and content of which have been consented to by the Company and the
Representatives (including the final term sheet substantially in the form of Annex B hereto) is
listed on Annex A hereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Company consents to
the use by any Underwriter of a free writing prospectus that contains only (A)(i) information
describing only the preliminary terms of the Securities or their offering and that is included in
the final term sheet of the Company contemplated in clause (i) above, or (B) other information that
is not issuer information, as defined in Rule 433 under the 1933 Act.
3. Covenants of the Company and the Guarantor. The Company and the Guarantor jointly
and severally covenant with each Underwriter, as follows:
(a) Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests. The Company and
the Guarantor, subject to Section 3(b), will comply with the requirements of Rule 430A, 430B or
430C of the 1933 Act Regulations and Rule 462(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations, if and as applicable,
will file any free writing prospectus to the extent required by Rule 433 under the 1933 Act, and
will notify the Representatives immediately, and confirm the notice in writing, of (i) the
effectiveness of any post-effective amendment to the Registration
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Statement or the
filing of any supplement or amendment to the Prospectus, (ii) the receipt of any comments from
the Commission, (iii) any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement
or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or for additional information, and (iv) the
issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus, or of the suspension
of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the
initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes. The Company and the
Guarantor will promptly effect the filings necessary pursuant to Rule 424 and will take such steps
as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the Prospectus transmitted for filing under
Rule 424 was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will
promptly file the Prospectus. The Company and the Guarantor will make every reasonable effort to
prevent the issuance of any stop order and, if any stop order is issued, to obtain the lifting
thereof at the earliest possible moment.
(b) Filing of Amendments. Until the Closing Time, the Company and the Guarantor will
advise the Representatives promptly of their intention to file or prepare any amendment to the
Registration Statement, any amendment, supplement or revision to the Prospectus, or any free
writing prospectus, will furnish the Representatives with copies of any such documents or
communications a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may
be, and will not file or use any such document or communication to which the Representatives or
counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object on a timely basis, unless, in the judgment of
the Company or its counsel, such amendment or supplement or other document or communication is
necessary to comply with law.
(c) Delivery of Registration Statements. The Company and the Guarantor have furnished
or, if requested in writing by the Representatives, will deliver to the Representatives and counsel
for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally
filed and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by
reference therein and documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein) and
signed copies of all consents and certificates of experts, and will also deliver to the
Representatives, without charge, one conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally
filed and of each amendment thereto (without exhibits) for each of the Underwriters.
(d) Delivery of Prospectuses. The Company and the Guarantor will furnish to each
Underwriter, without charge, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered
under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus and each free writing
prospectus as such Underwriter may reasonably request.
(e) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws. The Company and the Guarantor will
comply in all material respects with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and the 1934 Act and
the 1934 Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities as
contemplated in this Underwriting Agreement and in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Prospectus and the Prospectus. If at any time when the Prospectus is required
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by the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities,
any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion
of counsel for the Company or the Guarantor, after consultation with counsel for the Underwriters,
to amend the Registration Statement in order that the Registration Statement will not contain an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or to amend or supplement the
Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus in order that the Preliminary
Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein
not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a
purchaser, or if it shall be necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Company or the Guarantor,
at any such time to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Preliminary
Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements
of the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company and the Guarantor will promptly prepare
and file with the Commission, subject to Section 3(b), such amendment or supplement as may be
necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement, the
Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus comply with such
requirements, and the Company and the Guarantor will furnish to the Underwriters, without charge,
such number of copies of such amendment or supplement as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(f) Blue Sky Qualifications. The Company and the Guarantor will use their best
efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale
under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions (domestic or foreign)
as the Representatives may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect for so long as
required for the distribution of the Securities; provided, however, that the
Company and the Guarantor shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process
or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it
is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any
jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject.
(g) Earnings Statement. The Company will timely file such reports pursuant to the
1934 Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to its securityholders an earnings
statement for the purposes of, and to provide the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of
Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act. The Company may elect to rely upon Rule 158 under the 1933 Act and
may elect to make such earnings statement available more frequently than once in any period of
twelve months.
(h) DTC. The Company will cooperate with the Representatives and use its reasonable
best efforts to permit the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through the
facilities of DTC.
(i) Reporting Requirements. The Company, during the period when the Prospectus is
required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, will file all documents required to
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be filed with the Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act within the time periods required by the
1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations.
(j) Record Retention. The Company will, to the extent required under Rule 433 under
the 1933 Act, retain copies of each free writing prospectus that it has used and not filed with the
Commission.
4. Payment of Expenses. The Company and the Guarantor will pay all expenses incident
to the performance of its obligations under this Underwriting Agreement, including (i) the
preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and
any schedules or exhibits and any document incorporated therein by reference) as originally filed
and of each amendment or supplement thereto, (ii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the
Underwriters of this Underwriting Agreement, any agreement among Underwriters, the Indenture and
such other documents as may be required in connection with the offering, purchase, sale, issuance
or delivery of the Securities, (iii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the Securities and
any certificates for the Securities to the Underwriters, including any transfer taxes and any stamp
or other duties payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters
and any charges of DTC in connection therewith, (iv) the reasonable fees and disbursements of the
Companys counsel, accountants and other advisors or agents (including transfer agents and
registrars), as well as the fees and disbursements of the Trustee and its counsel, (v) the
qualification of the Securities under state securities laws in accordance with the provisions of
Section 3(f) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for
the Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation, printing and
delivery of the Blue Sky Survey, and any amendment thereto, (vi) the printing and delivery to the
Underwriters of copies of the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, (vii) the fees
charged by nationally recognized statistical rating organizations for the rating of the Securities,
(viii) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable documented fees and disbursements of counsel
to the Underwriters in connection with, the review, if any, by the Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority (FINRA) of the terms of the sale of the Securities and (ix) the filing fees payable to
the Commission in connection with the registration therewith of the Securities.
5. Conditions of Underwriters Obligations. The obligations of the several
Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Securities under this Underwriting Agreement are subject
to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantor contained in
Section 1 hereof or in certificates of any officer of the Company, the Guarantor or any of their
respective subsidiaries delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the
Company and the Guarantor of their respective covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to the
following further conditions:
(a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement. No stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued under the 1933 Act and no
proceedings for that purpose, pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or pursuant to Section 8A under the 1933
Act, shall have been instituted or be pending or threatened by the Commission. A prospectus
containing information relating to the description of the Securities, the specific
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method of distribution and similar matters shall have been filed with the Commission in
accordance with Rule 424 under the 1933 Act Regulations.
(b) Opinion of Counsel for Company and the Guarantor. At the Closing Time, the
Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of the Closing Time, of
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel for the Company and the Guarantor, and/or the general counsel
of the Company and the Guarantor (or, if such general counsel is not available, an associate or
deputy general counsel to the Company and the Guarantor that practices in the area of corporate and
securities law), each in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, together
with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters, with respect to
such matters as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(c) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters. At the Closing Time, the Representatives
shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of the Closing Time, of Hughes Hubbard & Reed
LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for
each of the other Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Underwriters may reasonably
request.
(d) Officers Certificate. At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have
received a certificate of the Executive Vice President, or a Senior Vice President or a Vice
President of the Company and the Guarantor and of the chief financial officer or chief accounting
officer of the Company and the Guarantor, dated as of the Closing Time, to the effect that (i) the
representations and warranties in Section 1 are true and correct with the same force and effect as
though expressly made at and as of the Closing Time, (ii) the Company and the Guarantor have
complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied
in the Indenture or this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Time, and (iii) no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for
that purpose have been instituted, are pending or, to the best of such officers knowledge, are
threatened by the Commission.
(e) Accountants Comfort Letter. At the time of the execution of this Underwriting
Agreement, the Representatives shall have received from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP a letter dated
such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, together with signed or
reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters, containing statements and
information of the type ordinarily included in accountants comfort letters to underwriters with
respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(f) Bring-down Comfort Letter. At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have
received from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP a letter, dated as of the Closing Time, to the effect that
they reaffirm the statements made in the letters furnished pursuant to subsection (e) of this
Section 5, except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than three business
days prior to the Closing Time.
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(g) Ratings. Subsequent to the execution of this Agreement and prior to the Closing
Time, there shall not have occurred any downgrading in the rating of any debt securities of the
Company or the Guarantor by Standard & Poors Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw Hill
Companies, Inc., Moodys Investors Service, Inc. or Fitch Ratings Ltd. or any public announcement
that any such organization has under surveillance or review its rating of any debt securities of
the Company or the Guarantor (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible
upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating).
(h) Additional Documents. At the Closing Time, counsel for the Underwriters shall
have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may reasonably require for the purpose
of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated, or in
order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of
any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company and the Guarantor
in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated shall be
satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters.
6. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification of Underwriters. The Company and the Guarantor jointly and
severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person, if any, who
controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934
Act as follows:
(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim and damage whatsoever, as incurred,
arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained
in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or the omission or alleged omission
therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact included in the Base Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus,
the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any free writing prospectus that
the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the 1933 Act,
or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading;
(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim and damage whatsoever, as incurred, to
the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any
investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or
any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged
untrue statement or omission; provided that any such settlement is effected with the written
consent of the Company and the Guarantor; and
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(iii) against any and all out of pocket expense as reasonably incurred (including,
subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6(c), the fees and disbursements of counsel
chosen by the Representatives), in investigating, preparing or defending against any
litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced
or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or
any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not
paid under (i) or (ii) above;
provided, however, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss,
liability, claim, damage or expense (A) to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or
omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives
expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or the Base Prospectus,
the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or any free
writing prospectus that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d)
under the 1933 Act; or (B) to the extent arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or
omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon Form T-1 under the 1939 Act
filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.
(b) Indemnification of Company and the Guarantor, Directors and Officers. Each
Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the Guarantor, their
directors, each of their officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any,
who controls the Company or the Guarantor within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or
Section 20 of the 1934 Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described
in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section, as incurred, but only with respect to
untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration
Statement (or any amendment thereto), the Base Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the
Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or any free writing prospectus that the
Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the 1933 Act in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company or the Guarantor by such
Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any
amendment thereto), such Base Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus (or any
amendment or supplement thereto), or such free writing prospectus that the Company has filed, or is
required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the 1933 Act. This indemnity agreement will be in
addition to any liabilities which any Underwriter may otherwise have.
(c) Actions Against Parties; Notification. Each indemnified party shall promptly give
written notice to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of which
indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve
such indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not materially prejudiced
as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have
otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to
appoint counsel of the indemnifying partys choice at the indemnifying partys expense to represent
the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the
indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any
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separate counsel retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below);
provided, however, that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
indemnified party. Any indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any
such action, but the fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be at the expense of the
indemnified party unless (i) the employment of such counsel shall have been specifically authorized
in writing by the indemnifying party, (ii) the indemnifying party shall have failed promptly to
assume the defense and employ counsel or (iii) the named parties to any such action shall include
both indemnified party and the indemnifying party, and such indemnified party shall have been
advised by counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different
from, or additional to, those available to the indemnifying party, it being understood, however,
that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one such action or separate but
substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general
allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one
separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) for all such indemnified parties,
which firm shall be designated in writing by the Representatives on behalf of all of such
indemnified parties. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the
indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to
any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or
threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be
sought under this Section 6 or Section 7 hereof, unless such settlement, compromise or consent
includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such
litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim.
7. Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section 6 hereof is for any
reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any
losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party
shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses
incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on
the other hand, from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Underwriting Agreement or (ii)
if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as
is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also
the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and of the Underwriters, on the other hand, in
connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims,
damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the
other hand, in connection with the offering of the Securities under this Underwriting Agreement
shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the
offering of such Securities (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total
underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in
the table on the cover page of the Prospectus.
The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand,
shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact
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relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties
relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission.
The Company, the Guarantor and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable
if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the
Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation
which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 7.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no Underwriter shall be required to
contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities
underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of
any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of any such untrue
or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation.
For purposes of this Section 7, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the
meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to
contribution as such Underwriter, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who
signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the
meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to
contribution as the Company. The Underwriters respective obligations to contribute pursuant to
this Section 7 are several in proportion to the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth
opposite their respective names in Schedule 1 hereto, and not joint.
8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery. All
representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Underwriting Agreement or in
certificates of officers of the Company, the Guarantor or any of their respective subsidiaries
submitted pursuant hereto shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or controlling person, or by or on behalf of
the Company, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Securities.
9. Termination.
(a) Underwriting Agreement. The Representatives may terminate this Underwriting
Agreement, by notice to the Company, at any time at or prior to the Closing Time, if on or after
the date hereof (i) there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the
United States or any new outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof involving the United States,
in each case the effect of which is such as to make it, in the reasonable judgment of the
Representatives, impracticable to market the Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the
Securities, or (ii) trading in any securities of the Company has been suspended by the Commission
or the New York Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange (other than pursuant to a request by
the Company with respect to an announcement by the Company of
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certain information not constituting a material adverse change, since the date of the
Underwriting Agreement, in the consolidated financial condition or earnings of the Company and its
subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise), the effect of which is such as to make it, in the
reasonable judgment of the Representatives, impracticable to market the Securities or to enforce
contracts for the sale of the Securities, or (iii) trading generally on the New York Stock Exchange
or the American Stock Exchange has been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum
prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by either of
said exchanges or by such system or by order of the Commission or any other governmental authority,
or (iv) a banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal or New York authorities.
(b) Liabilities. If this Underwriting Agreement is terminated pursuant to this
Section 9, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as
provided in Section 4 hereof, and provided further that Sections 6, 7, 8, this paragraph 9(b) and
Section 13 shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect; provided,
however, if any condition specified in Section 5 hereof shall not have been fulfilled when
and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representatives by notice
to the Company at any time at or prior to the Closing Time, and such termination shall be without
liability of any other party except that (i) the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters for all
their reasonable out of pocket expenses including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for
the Underwriters and (ii) the provisions of Sections 6, 7, 8, this paragraph 9(b) and Section 13
shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect.
10. Default by One or More of the Underwriters. If one or more of the Underwriters
shall fail at the Closing Time to purchase the Securities which it or they are obligated to
purchase under this Underwriting Agreement (the Defaulted Securities), then the Representatives
shall have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or more of the
non-defaulting Underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase all, but not less than all, of
the Defaulted Securities in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein set forth;
if, however, the Representatives shall not have completed such arrangements within such 24-hour
period, then:
(a) if the number or aggregate principal amount, as the case may be, of Defaulted Securities
does not exceed 10% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth on Schedule 1 hereto,
the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated, severally and not jointly, to purchase the full
amount thereof in the proportions that their respective underwriting obligations hereunder bear to
the underwriting obligations of all non-defaulting Underwriters or in such other proportions as the
Representatives may specify, or
(b) if the number or aggregate principal amount, as the case may be, of Defaulted Securities
exceeds 10% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth on Schedule 1 hereto, the
non-defaulting Underwriters shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not be under any
obligation to purchase any, of the Securities, and if such non-defaulting Underwriters
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do not purchase all the Securities, this Underwriting Agreement will terminate without
liability to any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company.
No action taken pursuant to this Section 10 shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from
liability in respect of its default.
In the event of any such default which does not result in a termination of this Underwriting
Agreement, either the Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing
Time for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements.
11. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and
shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of
telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be directed to the Representatives c/o Banc
of America Securities LLC, One Bryant Park, NY1-100-18-03, New York, New York 10036, attention:
High Grade Transaction Management/Legal; and notices to the Company and the Guarantor shall be
directed to them at CBS Corporation, 51 West 52nd Street, New York, New York 10019,
attention of General Counsel.
12. Parties. This Underwriting Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding
upon the Company, the Representatives and the other Underwriters and their respective successors.
Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Underwriting Agreement is intended or shall be construed to
give any person, firm or corporation, other than the Underwriters and the Company and their
respective successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in
Sections 6 and 7 and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under or in respect of this Underwriting Agreement or any provision herein contained. This
Underwriting Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and
exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors, and said controlling
persons and officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit
of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be
deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.
13. GOVERNING LAW. THIS UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF
LAWS THEREOF.
14. Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of
Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
15. Counterparts. This Underwriting Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto
and hereto were on the same instrument.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and
return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this Underwriting Agreement, along with all
counterparts, will become a binding agreement among each of the Underwriters, the Company and the
Guarantor in accordance with its terms.
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Very truly yours,
CBS CORPORATION
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/s/ JOSEPH R. IANNIELLO
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Joseph R. Ianniello |
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Deputy Chief Financial Officer |
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CBS OPERATIONS INC.
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/s/ JOSEPH R. IANNIELLO
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Joseph R. Ianniello |
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Senior Vice President,
Chief Development Officer
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Accepted: May 8, 2009
For itself and on behalf of the several
Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto.
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
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/s/ KEITH HARMAN
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Keith Harman |
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Managing Director |
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CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
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/s/ JACK D. MCSPADDEN, JR.
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Jack D. McSpadden, Jr. |
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Managing Director |
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J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
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/s/ ROBERT BOTTAMEDI
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Robert Bottamedi |
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Vice President |
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UBS SECURITIES LLC
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/s/ SPENCER HAIMES
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Spencer Haimes |
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Executive Director |
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Christopher Fernando |
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EX-4.1
Exhibit 4.1
FORM OF NOTE
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust
Company, a New York corporation (DTC), to the Company (as defined below) or its agent for
registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name
of Cede & Co. or such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any
payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized
representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL, since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.
This Security is a global Security within the meaning of the Indenture (as defined below) and
is registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary. This Security is
exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a person other than the Depositary or its
nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture. Unless and until this
certificate is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive registered form in
accordance with the provisions of the Indenture applicable to such exchange, this certificate may
not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a
nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the
Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.
CBS CORPORATION
8.200% Senior Notes due 2014
Unconditionally guaranteed as to payment of
principal of and interest by
CBS OPERATIONS INC.
(a wholly owned subsidiary of CBS Corporation)
$[ ]
CUSIP: 124857AB9
CBS Corporation, a Delaware corporation (herein called the Company, which term
includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received,
hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of $[ ] on
May 15, 2014 at the office or agency of the Company referred to below, and to pay interest thereon
on November 15, 2009 and semiannually in arrears thereafter, on May 15 and November 15 of each year
(each, an Interest Payment Date), from May 13, 2009, or from the most recent Interest
Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, at the rate of 8.200% per annum,
until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for.
The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid, in immediately available funds, to the Person in
whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the May 1 or November 1, as
the case may be, preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or
duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date,
and such Defaulted Interest, may be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the
payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to
Holders of Securities not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at
any time in any other lawful manner, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.
Payment of the principal of and interest on this Security will be made at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee or such other office or agency of the Company as may be designated for such
purpose, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is
legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided however, that each installment of
interest and principal on this Security may at the Companys option be paid by check to the payee
or in immediately available funds by transfer to an account maintained by the payee located in the
United States.
Any payment of principal or interest required to be made on a day that is not a Business Day
need not be made on such day, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no interest
shall accrue as a result of such delayed payment. For purposes of this Security, Business Day
means any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday and that, in The City of New York, is not a day on
which banking institutions are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to
close.
General. This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company
(herein called the Securities), unlimited in aggregate principal amount, issued and to be
issued in one or more series under an amended and restated indenture dated as of November 3, 2008
among the Company, CBS Operations Inc., as guarantor (the Guarantor) and The Bank of New
York Mellon, as trustee (herein
called the Trustee, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture)
(the Indenture), to which Indenture and the respective resolutions of the Companys board
of directors or resolutions pursuant to the authority of the board of directors, an Officers
Certificate and/or indentures supplemental thereto, as the case may be, reference is hereby made
for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties, obligations and immunities
thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon
which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of a
series designated as 8.200% Senior Notes due 2014, initially limited in aggregate principal amount
to $400,000,000. This Security is a global Security representing $[ ] of the Securities.
Authorized Denominations. The Securities of this series are issuable only in
registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000.
Book-Entry Security. This Security is a book-entry Security and is being registered
in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company (DTC). Subject to the
terms of the Indenture, this Security will be held by DTC or its nominee, and beneficial interests
will be held by beneficial owners through the book-entry facilities of DTC or its nominee in
minimum denominations of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000. As long as this Security is
registered in the name of DTC or its nominee, the Trustee will make payments of principal of and
interest on this Security by wire transfer of immediately available funds to DTC or its nominee.
Notwithstanding the above, upon the maturity of this Security, the principal, together with accrued
interest thereon, will be paid in immediately available funds upon surrender of this Security at
the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or such other offices or agencies appointed by the
Trustee for that purpose or such other locations provided in the Indenture.
Event of Default. If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series
shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due
and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
Interest Rate Adjustment. The interest rate payable on the Securities of this series
will be subject to adjustment from time to time if either Moodys or S&P or, in either case, any
Substitute rating agency (as defined below) downgrades (or downgrades and subsequently upgrades)
the debt rating assigned to the Securities of this series, in the manner described below.
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service, Inc., a subsidiary of Moodys Corporation,
and its successors.
S&P means Standard & Poors Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc., and its successors.
Substitute rating agency means a nationally recognized statistical rating
organization within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act selected by the
Company (as certified by a resolution of the Companys board of directors or a committee designated
by the Companys board of directors) as a replacement agency for Moodys or S&P, or both of them,
as the case may be.
If the rating from Moodys (or any Substitute rating agency) of the Securities of this series
is decreased to a rating set forth in the immediately following table, the interest rate on the
Securities of this series will increase such that it will equal the interest rate payable on the
Securities of this series on the date of their issuance plus the percentage set forth opposite the
ratings from the table below:
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If the rating from S&P (or any Substitute rating agency) of the Securities of this series is
decreased to a rating set forth in the immediately following table, the interest rate on the
Securities of this series will increase such that it will equal the interest rate payable on the
Securities of this series on the date of their issuance plus the percentage set forth opposite the
ratings from the table below:
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If at any time the interest rate on the Securities of this series has been adjusted upward as
a result of a decrease in a rating by either Moodys or S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute
rating agency), as the case may be, and subsequently such rating agency increases its rating of the
Securities of this series to any of the threshold ratings set forth above, the interest rate on the
Securities of this series will be decreased such that the interest rate for the Securities of this
series will equal the interest rate payable on the Securities of this series on the date of their
issuance plus the percentages set forth opposite the ratings from the tables above in effect
immediately following the increase in rating. If the rating by Moodys (or any Substitute rating
agency) of the Securities of this series is or becomes Baa3 (or its equivalent, in the case of a
Substitute rating agency) or higher, and the rating by S&P (or any Substitute rating agency
thereof) is or becomes BBB- (or its equivalent, in the case of a Substitute rating agency) or
higher, the interest rate on the Securities of this series will be decreased to the interest rate
payable on the Securities of this series on the date of their issuance. In addition, the interest
rates on the Securities of this series will permanently cease to be subject to any adjustment
described above (notwithstanding any subsequent decrease in the ratings by either or both rating
agencies) if the Securities of this series become rated A3 and A- (or the equivalent of either such
rating, in the case of a Substitute rating agency) or higher by Moodys and S&P (or, in either
case, a Substitute rating agency thereof), respectively (or one of these ratings if the Securities
of this series are only rated by one rating agency).
Each adjustment required by any decrease or increase in a rating set forth above, whether
occasioned by the action of Moodys or S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute rating agency), shall
be made independent of (and in addition to) any and all other adjustments. In no event shall (a)
the
interest rate for the Securities of this series be reduced to below the interest rate payable
on the Securities of this series on the date of their issuance or (b) the total increase in the
interest rate on the Securities of this series exceed 2.00% above the interest rate payable on the
Securities of this series on the date of their issuance.
No adjustments in the interest rate of the Securities of this series shall be made solely as a
result of a rating agency ceasing to provide a rating of the Securities of this series. If at any
time Moodys or S&P ceases to provide a rating of the Securities of this series, the Company will
use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a rating of the Securities of this series from a
Substitute rating agency, to the extent one exists, and if a Substitute rating agency exists, for
purposes of determining any increase or decrease in the interest rate on the Securities of this
series pursuant to the tables above (a) such Substitute rating agency will be substituted for the
last rating agency to provide a rating of the Securities of this series but which has since ceased
to provide such rating, (b) the relative rating scale used by such Substitute rating agency to
assign ratings to senior unsecured debt will be determined in good faith by an independent
investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company and, for purposes of
determining the applicable ratings included in the applicable table above with respect to such
Substitute rating agency, such ratings will be deemed to be the equivalent ratings used by Moodys
or S&P, as applicable, in such table and (c) the interest rate on the Securities of this series
will increase or decrease, as the case may be, such that the interest rate equals the interest rate
payable on the Securities of this series on the date of their issuance plus the appropriate
percentage, if any, set forth opposite the rating from such Substitute rating agency in the
applicable table above (taking into account the provisions of clause (b) above) (plus any
applicable percentage resulting from a decreased rating by the other rating agency). For so long
as only one of Moodys or S&P provides a rating of the Securities of this series and no Substitute
rating agency is offered to replace the other rating agency, any subsequent increase or decrease in
the interest rate of the Securities of this series necessitated by a reduction or increase in the
rating by the agency providing the rating shall be twice the percentage set forth in the applicable
table above. For so long as none of Moodys, S&P or a Substitute rating agency provides a rating
of the Securities of this series, the interest rate on the Securities of this series will increase
to, or remain at, as the case may be, 2.00% above the interest rate payable on the Securities of
this series on the date of their issuance.
Any interest rate increase or decrease described above will take effect on the next Business
Day after the rating change has occurred.
If the interest rate payable on the Securities of this series is increased as described in
this Interest Rate Adjustment Section, the term interest, as used with respect to the
Securities of this series, will be deemed to include any such additional interest unless the
context otherwise requires.
Redemption and Maturity. The Securities of this series are not subject to any sinking
fund and are subject to redemption prior to maturity as set forth below.
Optional Redemption. Prior to maturity, the Securities of this series may be redeemed, at the
option of the Company, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, on not less than 30
nor more than 60 days prior notice, at a redemption price equal to the sum of 100% of the
principal amount redeemed, the Make-Whole Amount (as defined below) and any accrued and unpaid
interest to the date of redemption. Holders of record on a record date that is on or prior to a
redemption date will be entitled to receive interest due on the interest payment date. In the
event of a deposit or withdrawal of an interest in this Security, including an exchange, transfer,
redemption or conversion of this Security in part only, the Trustee, as custodian of the
Depositary, shall make an adjustment on its
records to reflect such deposit or withdrawal in accordance with the rules and procedures of
the Depositary.
Make-Whole Amount means, the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate present value as
of the date of the redemption of the principal being redeemed and the amount of interest (exclusive
of interest accrued to the date of redemption) that would have been payable if redemption had not
been made, determined by discounting, on a semiannual basis, the remaining principal and interest
at the Reinvestment Rate described below (determined on the third business day preceding the date
notice of redemption is given) from the dates on which the principal and interest would have been
payable if the redemption had not been made, to the date of redemption, over (b) the aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of this series.
Reinvestment Rate means 0.75% for the Securities of this series plus the arithmetic
mean of the yields under the heading Week Ending published in the most recent Federal Reserve
Statistical Release H.15 under the caption Treasury Constant Maturities for the maturity (rounded
to the nearest month) corresponding to the remaining life to maturity, as of the payment date of
the principal being redeemed or paid. If no maturity exactly corresponds to the maturity, yields
for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the maturity would be so calculated
and the Reinvestment Rate would be interpolated or extrapolated on a straight-line basis, rounding
to the nearest month. The most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 published prior to
the date of determination of the Make-Whole Amount will be used for purposes of calculating the
Reinvestment Rate.
The Make-Whole Amount will be calculated by an independent investment banking institution of
national standing appointed by the Company. If the Company fails to make the appointment at least
45 business days prior to the date of redemption, or if the institution is unwilling or unable to
make the calculation, the calculation will be made by an independent investment banking institution
of national standing appointed by the Trustee.
If the Reinvestment Rate is not available as described above, the Reinvestment Rate will be
calculated by interpolation or extrapolation of comparable rates selected by the independent
investment banking institution.
In the case of any partial redemption, selection of the Securities of this series for
redemption will be made by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the principal U.S.
national securities exchange, if any, on which the Securities of this series are listed or, if they
are not listed on a U.S. national securities exchange, by lot or by such other method as the
Trustee in its sole discretion deems to be fair and appropriate.
Offers to Repurchase. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event (as
defined below) in respect of the Securities of this series, unless the Company has exercised its
right to redeem the Securities of this series as described in the Optional Redemption Section,
each Holder will have the right to require that the Company repurchase all or a portion (equal to
$2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holders Securities of this
series pursuant to the offer described below (the Change of Control Offer), at a purchase
price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to
the date of purchase.
(a) Within 30 days following any Change of Control Repurchase Event, or, at the Companys
option, prior to any Change of Control (as defined below), but after the public announcement of
such Change of Control, the Company shall send, or cause the Trustee to send, by first class mail,
a notice to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee stating:
(i) that a Change of Control Change Repurchase Event has occurred or may occur and that such
Holder has the right to require the Company to repurchase such Holders Securities of this series
at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued
and unpaid interest to the date of purchase;
(ii) the repurchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days
from the date such notice is mailed, other than as required by law) (the Change of Control
Repurchase Event Payment Date);
(iii) the procedures determined by the Company that a Holder must follow in order to have its
Securities of this series purchased;
(iv) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued and unpaid interest, if any) for
each Security and the date on which the Change of Control Offer expires;
(v) that, unless the Company shall default in the payment of the purchase price, any Security
accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer shall cease to accrue interest after
the Change of Control Repurchase Event Payment Date; and
(vi) a description of the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the
Change of Control Repurchase Event.
If such notice is mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, the
notice shall also state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control
Repurchase Event occurring on or prior to the Change of Control Repurchase Event Payment Date.
(b) On the Change of Control Repurchase Event Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent
lawful, (i) accept for payment all Securities of this series or portions thereof properly tendered
and not withdrawn pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, (ii) deposit with the paying agent
money, in immediately available funds, sufficient to pay the aggregate purchase price of all
Securities of this series or portions thereof properly tendered and accepted and (iii) deliver, or
cause to be delivered, to the Trustee the Securities so accepted together with an officers
certificate setting forth the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of this series or
portions thereof tendered to and accepted for payment by the Company.
The paying agent shall promptly mail or deliver to each Holder of Securities of this series so
accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price, and the Trustee shall promptly
authenticate and mail or cause to be transferred by book-entry to each such Holder a new Security
of like tenor equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Security surrendered.
Any Securities of this series not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company
to the Holder thereof. Upon the payment of the purchase price for the Securities of this series
accepted for repurchase, the Trustee shall cancel the Securities of this series repurchased by the
Company. Any monies remaining after the repurchase of all Securities of this series validly
tendered pursuant to a Change of Control Offer shall be returned within three (3) Business Days by
the paying agent to the Company.
(c) The Company is not required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control
Repurchase Event if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and
otherwise in compliance with the requirements of this Security applicable to a Change of Control
Offer made by the Company and purchases all Securities of this series properly tendered and not
withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.
(d) The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), and any other securities laws and regulations
thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase
of Securities of this series as a result of a Change of Control Repurchase Event. To the extent
that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the terms of the Change of
Control Repurchase Event provisions of the Securities of this series the Company shall comply with
the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its
obligations under the Change of Control Repurchase Event provisions of the Securities of this
series by virtue thereof.
(e) Definitions.
An Affiliate of the Company means any Person directly or indirectly controlling,
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company, or directly or
indirectly controlled by a Redstone Family Member.
Below Investment Grade Rating Event, with respect to the Securities of this series,
means that such Securities become rated below Investment Grade by all of the Rating Agencies on any
date from the date of the public notice of an arrangement that results in a Change of Control until
the end of the 60-day period following public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control
(which period shall be extended so long as the rating of such Securities is under publicly
announced consideration for possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies); provided that a
Below Investment Grade Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating
shall not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus shall
not be deemed a Below Investment Grade Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of
Control Repurchase Event hereunder) if the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating to which
this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee in
writing at its request that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or
circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of
Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control shall have occurred at the time of the
Below Investment Grade Rating Event).
Change of Control means the occurrence of any of the following:
(i) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way
of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially
all of the Companys properties or assets and those of the Companys subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, to any person (individually and as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) and Section
14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company or one of its Affiliates;
(ii) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Companys board of directors are
not Continuing Directors;
(iii) the consummation of any transaction or series of related transactions (including,
without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any person
(individually and as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) and Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange
Act), other than the Company, one of the Companys subsidiaries or Redstone Family Members, becomes
the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or
indirectly, of more than 50% of the Companys Voting Stock, and following such transaction or
transactions, Redstone Family Members beneficially own less than 50% of the Companys Voting Stock,
in each case, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; or
(iv) the consummation of a so-called going private/Rule 13e-3 Transaction that results in
any of the effects described in paragraph (a)(3)(ii) of Rule 13e-3 under the
Exchange Act (or any successor provision) with respect to each class of the Companys common
stock, following which Redstone Family Members beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than
50% of the Companys Voting Stock, measured by voting power rather than number of shares.
Change of Control Repurchase Event in respect of the Securities of this series means
the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating Event in respect of
the Securities of this series.
Continuing Directors means, as of any date of determination, any member of the
Companys board of directors who:
(i) was a member of such board of directors on the first date that any of the Securities of
this series were issued; or
(ii) was nominated for election or elected to the Companys board of directors (1) with the
approval of Redstone Family Members representing not less than 50% of the Companys Voting Stock,
measured by voting power rather than number of shares, or (2) with the approval of a majority of
the Continuing Directors who were members of the Companys board at the time of such nomination or
election.
Fitch means Fitch Ratings, Ltd. and its successors.
Investment Grade means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moodys (or its equivalent
under any successor rating categories of Moodys), BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under
any successor rating categories of S&P) or BBB- or better by Fitch (or its equivalent under any
successor rating categories of Fitch) (or, in each case, if such Rating Agency ceases to rate the
Securities of this series, for reasons outside of the Companys control, the equivalent investment
grade credit rating from any Rating Agency selected by the Company as a replacement Rating Agency).
Rating Agency means:
(i) each of Moodys, S&P and Fitch; and
(ii) if any of Moodys, S&P or Fitch ceases to rate the Securities of this series or fails to
make a rating of the Securities of this series publicly available for reasons outside of the
Companys control, a nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of
Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act selected by the Company as a replacement agency for
any or all of Moodys, S&P or Fitch, as the case may be.
Redstone Family Members includes only the following persons: (i) Mr. Sumner
Redstone, (ii) the estate of Mr. Redstone; (iii) each descendant of Mr. Redstone or spouse or
former spouse of Mr. Redstone and their respective estates, guardians, conservators or committees;
(iv) any spouse or former spouse of Mr. Redstone; (v) each Family Controlled Entity (as defined
below); and (vi) the trustees, in their respective capacities as such, of each Family Controlled
Trust (as defined below). The term Family Controlled Entity means (i) any not for-profit
corporation if more than 50% of its board of directors is composed of Redstone Family Members; (ii)
any other corporation if more than 50% of the value of its outstanding equity is owned by Redstone
Family Members; (iii) any partnership if more than 50% of the value of its partnership interests
are owned by Redstone Family Members; and (iv) any limited liability or similar company if more
than 50% of the value of the company is owned by Redstone Family Members. The term Family
Controlled Trust includes certain trusts existing on May 13, 2009 and any other trusts the primary
beneficiaries of which are Redstone Family Members,
spouses
of Redstone Family Members and/or charitable organizations, provided that if the trust is a
wholly charitable trust, more than 50% of the trustees of such trust consist of Redstone Family
Members.
Voting Stock means stock of the class or classes having general voting power under
ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees
of a corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of any other class or classes
shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).
Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance. The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance
at any time of (a) the entire indebtedness of the Company on this Security and (b) certain
restrictive covenants and the related Defaults and Events of Default, upon compliance by the
Company with certain conditions set forth therein, which provisions apply to this Security.
Modification and Waivers; Obligations of the Company Absolute. The Indenture permits,
with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the
rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each
series. Such amendment may be effected under the Indenture at any time by the Company, the
Guarantor and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected thereby. The Indenture also
contains provisions permitting the Holders of not less than specified percentages in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series, on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company and the Guarantor with certain
provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.
Any such consent or waiver shall be conclusive and binding upon the Holders of this Security and
upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or
waiver is made upon this Security.
As set forth in, and subject to, the provisions of the Indenture, no Holder of any Security of
this series will have any right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for
any remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given to the Trustee written notice
of a continuing Event of Default with respect to this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series shall have made written request, and
offered reasonable indemnity, to the Trustee to institute such proceeding as trustee, and the
Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of this series a direction inconsistent with such request and shall have
failed to institute such proceeding within 60 days; provided, however, that such limitations do not
apply to a suit instituted by the Holder hereof for the enforcement of payment of the principal of
or interest on this Security on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture
shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay
the principal of and interest on this Security at the times, place, and rate, and in the coin or
currency, herein prescribed.
Registration of Transfer or Exchange. As provided in the Indenture and subject to
certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security will be registered on the
Security Register of the Company upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at
the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose in New York, New York or at such
other office or agency as the Company may designate, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed
by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new
Securities of this series of authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of
this series and of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the
same.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities of
this series, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to the time of due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the
Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee may
treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the absolute owner hereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and none of the Company, the Guarantor, the
Trustee or any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to
the contrary.
This Security is a global Security. If at any time, a Depositary is at any time unwilling or
unable to continue as Depositary and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within
90 days, then the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver Securities of
this series in definitive registered form, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of this Security in exchange for this Security.
Such Securities in definitive registered form shall be registered in such names and issued in such
authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect
participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities
of this series to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.
Defined Terms. All terms used in this Security that are defined in the Indenture and
are not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
Governing Law. This Security shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with,
the laws of the State of New York.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been duly executed by or on behalf of The
Bank of New York, as Trustee under the Indenture, or its successor thereunder, by the manual
signature of one of its authorized officers, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit
under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
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CBS CORPORATION, as Issuer
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TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of a series referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
as Trustee
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Dated: [ ]
EX-4.2
Exhibit 4.2
FORM OF NOTE
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust
Company, a New York corporation (DTC), to the Company (as defined below) or its agent for
registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name
of Cede & Co. or such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any
payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized
representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL, since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.
This Security is a global Security within the meaning of the Indenture (as defined below) and
is registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary. This Security is
exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a person other than the Depositary or its
nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture. Unless and until this
certificate is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive registered form in
accordance with the provisions of the Indenture applicable to such exchange, this certificate may
not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a
nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the
Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.
CBS
CORPORATION
8.875% Senior Notes due 2019
Unconditionally guaranteed as to payment of
principal of and interest by
CBS OPERATIONS INC.
(a wholly owned subsidiary of CBS Corporation)
$[ ]
CUSIP: 124857AC7
CBS Corporation, a Delaware corporation (herein called the Company, which term
includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received,
hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of $[ ] on
May 15, 2019 at the office or agency of the Company referred to below, and to pay interest thereon
on November 15, 2009 and semiannually in arrears thereafter, on May 15 and November 15 of each year
(each, an Interest Payment Date), from May 13, 2009, or from the most recent Interest
Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, at the rate of 8.875% per annum,
until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for.
The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid, in immediately available funds, to the Person in
whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the May 1 or November 1, as
the case may be, preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or
duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date,
and such Defaulted Interest, may be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the
payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to
Holders of Securities not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at
any time in any other lawful manner, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.
Payment of the principal of and interest on this Security will be made at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee or such other office or agency of the Company as may be designated for such
purpose, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is
legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided however, that each installment of
interest and principal on this Security may at the Companys option be paid by check to the payee
or in immediately available funds by transfer to an account maintained by the payee located in the
United States.
Any payment of principal or interest required to be made on a day that is not a Business Day
need not be made on such day, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no interest
shall accrue as a result of such delayed payment. For purposes of this Security, Business Day
means any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday and that, in The City of
New York, is not a day on which banking institutions are generally authorized or obligated by
law or executive order to close.
General. This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company
(herein called the Securities), unlimited in aggregate principal amount, issued and to be
issued in one or more series under an amended and restated indenture dated as of November 3, 2008
among the Company, CBS Operations Inc., as guarantor (the Guarantor) and The Bank of New
York Mellon, as trustee (herein called the Trustee, which term includes any successor
trustee under the Indenture) (the Indenture), to which Indenture and the respective
resolutions of the Companys board of directors or resolutions pursuant to the authority of the
board of directors, an Officers Certificate and/or indentures supplemental thereto, as the case
may be, reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights,
duties, obligations and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the
Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and
delivered. This Security is one of a series designated as 8.875% Senior Notes due 2019, initially
limited in aggregate principal amount to $350,000,000. This Security is a global Security
representing $[ ] of the Securities.
Authorized Denominations. The Securities of this series are issuable only in
registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000.
Book-Entry Security. This Security is a book-entry Security and is being registered
in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company (DTC). Subject to the
terms of the Indenture, this Security will be held by DTC or its nominee, and beneficial interests
will be held by beneficial owners through the book-entry facilities of DTC or its nominee in
minimum denominations of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000. As long as this Security is
registered in the name of DTC or its nominee, the Trustee will make payments of principal of and
interest on this Security by wire transfer of immediately available funds to DTC or its nominee.
Notwithstanding the above, upon the maturity of this Security, the principal, together with accrued
interest thereon, will be paid in immediately available funds upon surrender of this Security at
the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or such other offices or agencies appointed by the
Trustee for that purpose or such other locations provided in the Indenture.
Event of Default. If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series
shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due
and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
Interest Rate Adjustment. The interest rate payable on the Securities of this series
will be subject to adjustment from time to time if either Moodys or S&P or, in either case, any
Substitute rating agency (as defined below) downgrades (or downgrades and subsequently upgrades)
the debt rating assigned to the Securities of this series, in the manner described below.
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service, Inc., a subsidiary of Moodys Corporation,
and its successors.
S&P means Standard & Poors Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc., and its successors.
Substitute rating agency means a nationally recognized statistical rating
organization within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act selected by the
Company (as certified by a resolution of the Companys board of directors or a committee designated
by the Companys board of directors) as a replacement agency for Moodys or S&P, or both of them,
as the case may be.
If the rating from Moodys (or any Substitute rating agency) of the Securities of this series
is decreased to a rating set forth in the immediately following table, the interest rate on the
Securities of this series will increase such that it will equal the interest rate payable on the
Securities of this series on the date of their issuance plus the percentage set forth opposite the
ratings from the table below:
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If the rating from S&P (or any Substitute rating agency) of the Securities of this series is
decreased to a rating set forth in the immediately following table, the interest rate on the
Securities of this series will increase such that it will equal the interest rate payable on the
Securities of this series on the date of their issuance plus the percentage set forth opposite the
ratings from the table below:
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If at any time the interest rate on the Securities of this series has been adjusted upward as
a result of a decrease in a rating by either Moodys or S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute
rating agency), as the case may be, and subsequently such rating agency increases its rating of the
Securities of this series to any of the threshold ratings set forth above, the interest rate on the
Securities of this series will be decreased such that the interest rate for the Securities of this
series will equal the interest rate payable on the Securities of this series on the date of their
issuance plus the percentages set forth opposite the ratings from the tables above in effect
immediately following the increase in rating. If the rating by Moodys (or any Substitute rating
agency) of the Securities of this series is or becomes Baa3 (or its equivalent, in the case of a
Substitute rating agency) or higher, and the rating by S&P (or any Substitute rating agency
thereof) is or becomes BBB- (or its equivalent, in the case of a Substitute rating agency) or
higher, the interest rate on the Securities of this series will be decreased to the interest rate
payable on the Securities of this series on the date of their issuance. In addition, the
interest rates on the Securities of this series will permanently cease to be subject to any
adjustment described above (notwithstanding any subsequent decrease in the ratings by either or
both rating agencies) if the Securities of this series become rated A3 and A- (or the equivalent of
either such rating, in the case of a Substitute rating agency) or higher by Moodys and S&P (or, in
either case, a Substitute rating agency thereof), respectively (or one of these ratings if the
Securities of this series are only rated by one rating agency).
Each adjustment required by any decrease or increase in a rating set forth above, whether
occasioned by the action of Moodys or S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute rating agency), shall
be made independent of (and in addition to) any and all other adjustments. In no event shall (a)
the interest rate for the Securities of this series be reduced to below the interest rate payable
on the Securities of this series on the date of their issuance or (b) the total increase in the
interest rate on the Securities of this series exceed 2.00% above the interest rate payable on the
Securities of this series on the date of their issuance.
No adjustments in the interest rate of the Securities of this series shall be made solely as a
result of a rating agency ceasing to provide a rating of the Securities of this series. If at any
time Moodys or S&P ceases to provide a rating of the Securities of this series, the Company will
use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a rating of the Securities of this series from a
Substitute rating agency, to the extent one exists, and if a Substitute rating agency exists, for
purposes of determining any increase or decrease in the interest rate on the Securities of this
series pursuant to the tables above (a) such Substitute rating agency will be substituted for the
last rating agency to provide a rating of the Securities of this series but which has since ceased
to provide such rating, (b) the relative rating scale used by such Substitute rating agency to
assign ratings to senior unsecured debt will be determined in good faith by an independent
investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company and, for purposes of
determining the applicable ratings included in the applicable table above with respect to such
Substitute rating agency, such ratings will be deemed to be the equivalent ratings used by Moodys
or S&P, as applicable, in such table and (c) the interest rate on the Securities of this series
will increase or decrease, as the case may be, such that the interest rate equals the interest rate
payable on the Securities of this series on the date of their issuance plus the appropriate
percentage, if any, set forth opposite the rating from such Substitute rating agency in the
applicable table above (taking into account the provisions of clause (b) above) (plus any
applicable percentage resulting from a decreased rating by the other rating agency). For so long
as only one of Moodys or S&P provides a rating of the Securities of this series and no Substitute
rating agency is offered to replace the other rating agency, any subsequent increase or decrease in
the interest rate of the Securities of this series necessitated by a reduction or increase in the
rating by the agency providing the rating shall be twice the percentage set forth in the applicable
table above. For so long as none of Moodys, S&P or a Substitute rating agency provides a rating
of the Securities of this series, the interest rate on the Securities of this series will increase
to, or remain at, as the case may be, 2.00% above the interest rate payable on the Securities of
this series on the date of their issuance.
Any interest rate increase or decrease described above will take effect on the next Business
Day after the rating change has occurred.
If the interest rate payable on the Securities of this series is increased as described in
this Interest Rate Adjustment Section, the term interest, as used with respect to the
Securities of this series, will be deemed to include any such additional interest unless the
context otherwise requires.
Redemption and Maturity. The Securities of this series are not subject to any sinking
fund and are subject to redemption prior to maturity as set forth below.
Optional Redemption. Prior to maturity, the Securities of this series may be redeemed, at the
option of the Company, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, on not less than 30
nor more than 60 days prior notice, at a redemption price equal to the sum of 100% of the
principal amount redeemed, the Make-Whole Amount (as defined below) and any accrued and unpaid
interest to the date of redemption. Holders of record on a record date that is on or prior to a
redemption date will be entitled to receive interest due on the interest payment date. In the
event of a deposit or withdrawal of an interest in this Security, including an exchange, transfer,
redemption or conversion of this Security in part only, the Trustee, as custodian of the
Depositary, shall make an adjustment on its records to reflect such deposit or withdrawal in
accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depositary.
Make-Whole Amount means, the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate present value as
of the date of the redemption of the principal being redeemed and the amount of interest (exclusive
of interest accrued to the date of redemption) that would have been payable if redemption had not
been made, determined by discounting, on a semiannual basis, the remaining principal and interest
at the Reinvestment Rate described below (determined on the third business day preceding the date
notice of redemption is given) from the dates on which the principal and interest would have been
payable if the redemption had not been made, to the date of redemption, over (b) the aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of this series.
Reinvestment Rate means 0.75% for the Securities of this series plus the arithmetic
mean of the yields under the heading Week Ending published in the most recent Federal Reserve
Statistical Release H.15 under the caption Treasury Constant Maturities for the maturity (rounded
to the nearest month) corresponding to the remaining life to maturity, as of the payment date of
the principal being redeemed or paid. If no maturity exactly corresponds to the maturity, yields
for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the maturity would be so calculated
and the Reinvestment Rate would be interpolated or extrapolated on a straight-line basis, rounding
to the nearest month. The most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 published prior to
the date of determination of the Make-Whole Amount will be used for purposes of calculating the
Reinvestment Rate.
The Make-Whole Amount will be calculated by an independent investment banking institution of
national standing appointed by the Company. If the Company fails to make the appointment at least
45 business days prior to the date of redemption, or if the institution is unwilling or unable to
make the calculation, the calculation will be made by an independent investment banking institution
of national standing appointed by the Trustee.
If the Reinvestment Rate is not available as described above, the Reinvestment Rate will be
calculated by interpolation or extrapolation of comparable rates selected by the independent
investment banking institution.
In the case of any partial redemption, selection of the Securities of this series for
redemption will be made by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the principal U.S.
national securities exchange, if any, on which the Securities of this series are listed or, if they
are not listed on a U.S. national securities exchange, by lot or by such other method as the
Trustee in its sole discretion deems to be fair and appropriate.
Offers to Repurchase. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event (as
defined below) in respect of the Securities of this series, unless the Company has exercised its
right to redeem the Securities of this series as described in the Optional Redemption Section,
each Holder will have the right to require that the Company repurchase all or a portion (equal to
$2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holders Securities of this
series pursuant to the offer described below (the Change of Control Offer), at a purchase
price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to
the date of purchase.
(a) Within 30 days following any Change of Control Repurchase Event, or, at the Companys
option, prior to any Change of Control (as defined below), but after the public announcement of
such Change of Control, the Company shall send, or cause the Trustee to send, by first class mail,
a notice to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee stating:
(i) that a Change of Control Change Repurchase Event has occurred or may occur and that such
Holder has the right to require the Company to repurchase such Holders Securities of this series
at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued
and unpaid interest to the date of purchase;
(ii) the repurchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days
from the date such notice is mailed, other than as required by law) (the Change of Control
Repurchase Event Payment Date);
(iii) the procedures determined by the Company that a Holder must follow in order to have its
Securities of this series purchased;
(iv) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued and unpaid interest, if any) for each
Security and the date on which the Change of Control Offer expires;
(v) that, unless the Company shall default in the payment of the purchase price, any Security
accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer shall cease to accrue interest after
the Change of Control Repurchase Event Payment Date; and
(vi) a description of the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the
Change of Control Repurchase Event.
If such notice is mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, the
notice shall also state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control
Repurchase Event occurring on or prior to the Change of Control Repurchase Event Payment Date.
(b) On the Change of Control Repurchase Event Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent
lawful, (i) accept for payment all Securities of this series or portions thereof properly tendered
and not withdrawn pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, (ii) deposit with the paying agent
money, in immediately available funds, sufficient to pay the aggregate purchase price of all
Securities of this series or portions thereof properly tendered and accepted and (iii) deliver, or
cause to be delivered, to the Trustee the Securities so accepted together with an officers
certificate setting forth the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of this series or
portions thereof tendered to and accepted for payment by the Company.
The paying agent shall promptly mail or deliver to each Holder of Securities of this series so
accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price, and the Trustee shall promptly
authenticate and mail or cause to be transferred by book-entry to each such Holder a new Security
of like tenor equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Security surrendered.
Any Securities of this series not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company
to the Holder thereof. Upon the payment of the purchase price for the Securities of this series
accepted for repurchase, the Trustee shall cancel the Securities of this series repurchased by the
Company. Any monies remaining after the repurchase of all Securities of this series validly
tendered pursuant to a Change of Control Offer shall be returned within three (3) Business Days by
the paying agent to the Company.
(c) The Company is not required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control
Repurchase Event if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and
otherwise in compliance with the requirements of this Security applicable to a Change of Control
Offer made by the Company and purchases all Securities of this series properly tendered and not
withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.
(d) The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), and any other securities laws and regulations
thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase
of Securities of this series as a result of a Change of Control Repurchase Event. To the extent
that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the terms of the Change of
Control Repurchase Event provisions of the Securities of this series the Company shall comply with
the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its
obligations under the Change of Control Repurchase Event provisions of the Securities of this
series by virtue thereof.
(e) Definitions.
An Affiliate of the Company means any Person directly or indirectly controlling,
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company, or directly or
indirectly controlled by a Redstone Family Member.
Below Investment Grade Rating Event, with respect to the Securities of this series,
means that such Securities become rated below Investment Grade by all of the Rating Agencies on any
date from the date of the public notice of an arrangement that results in a Change of Control until
the end of the 60-day period following public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control
(which period shall be extended so long as the rating of such Securities is under publicly
announced consideration for possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies); provided that a
Below Investment Grade Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating
shall not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus shall
not be deemed a Below Investment Grade Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of
Control Repurchase Event hereunder) if the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating to which
this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee in
writing at its request that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or
circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of
Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control shall have occurred at the time of the
Below Investment Grade Rating Event).
Change of Control means the occurrence of any of the following:
(i) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way
of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially
all of the Companys properties or assets and those of the Companys subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, to any person (individually and as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) and Section
14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company or one of its Affiliates;
(ii) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Companys board of directors are
not Continuing Directors;
(iii) the consummation of any transaction or series of related transactions (including,
without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any person
(individually and as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) and Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange
Act), other than the Company, one of the Companys subsidiaries or Redstone Family Members, becomes
the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or
indirectly, of more than 50% of the Companys Voting Stock, and following such transaction or
transactions, Redstone Family Members beneficially own less than 50% of the Companys Voting Stock,
in each case, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; or
(iv) the consummation of a so-called going private/Rule 13e-3 Transaction that results in
any of the effects described in paragraph (a)(3)(ii) of Rule 13e-3 under the Exchange Act (or any
successor provision) with respect to each class of the Companys common stock, following which
Redstone Family Members beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the Companys
Voting Stock, measured by voting power rather than number of shares.
Change of Control Repurchase Event in respect of the Securities of this series means
the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating Event in respect of
the Securities of this series.
Continuing Directors means, as of any date of determination, any member of the
Companys board of directors who:
(i) was a member of such board of directors on the first date that any of the Securities of
this series were issued; or
(ii) was nominated for election or elected to the Companys board of directors (1) with the
approval of Redstone Family Members representing not less than 50% of the Companys Voting Stock,
measured by voting power rather than number of shares, or (2) with the approval of a majority of
the Continuing Directors who were members of the Companys board at the time of such nomination or
election.
Fitch means Fitch Ratings, Ltd. and its successors.
Investment Grade means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moodys (or its equivalent
under any successor rating categories of Moodys), BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under
any successor rating categories of S&P) or BBB- or better by Fitch (or its equivalent under any
successor rating categories of Fitch) (or, in each case, if such Rating Agency ceases to rate the
Securities of this series, for reasons outside of the Companys control, the equivalent investment
grade credit rating from any Rating Agency selected by the Company as a replacement Rating Agency).
Rating Agency means:
(i) each of Moodys, S&P and Fitch; and
(ii) if any of Moodys, S&P or Fitch ceases to rate the Securities of this series or fails to
make a rating of the Securities of this series publicly available for reasons outside of the
Companys control, a nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of
Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act selected by the Company as a replacement agency for
any or all of Moodys, S&P or Fitch, as the case may be.
Redstone Family Members includes only the following persons: (i) Mr. Sumner
Redstone, (ii) the estate of Mr. Redstone; (iii) each descendant of Mr. Redstone or spouse or
former spouse of Mr. Redstone and their respective estates, guardians, conservators or committees;
(iv) any spouse or former spouse of Mr. Redstone; (v) each Family Controlled Entity (as defined
below); and (vi) the trustees, in their respective capacities as such, of each Family Controlled
Trust (as defined below). The term Family Controlled Entity means (i) any not for-profit
corporation if more than 50% of its board of directors is composed of Redstone Family Members; (ii)
any other corporation if more than 50% of the value of its outstanding equity is owned by Redstone
Family Members; (iii) any partnership if more than 50% of the value of its partnership interests
are owned by Redstone Family Members; and (iv) any limited liability or similar company if more
than 50% of the value of the company is owned by Redstone Family Members. The term Family
Controlled Trust includes certain trusts existing on
May 13, 2009 and any other trusts the primary beneficiaries of which are Redstone Family Members,
spouses of Redstone Family Members and/or charitable organizations, provided that if the trust is a
wholly charitable trust, more than 50% of the trustees of such trust consist of Redstone Family
Members.
Voting Stock means stock of the class or classes having general voting power under
ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees
of a corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of any other class or classes
shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).
Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance. The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance
at any time of (a) the entire indebtedness of the Company on this Security and (b) certain
restrictive covenants and the related Defaults and Events of Default, upon compliance by the
Company with certain conditions set forth therein, which provisions apply to this Security.
Modification and Waivers; Obligations of the Company Absolute. The Indenture permits,
with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the
rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each
series. Such amendment may be effected under the Indenture at any time by the Company, the
Guarantor and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected thereby. The Indenture also
contains provisions permitting the Holders of not less than specified percentages in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series, on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company and the Guarantor with certain
provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.
Any such consent or waiver shall be conclusive and binding upon the Holders of this Security and
upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or
waiver is made upon this Security.
As set forth in, and subject to, the provisions of the Indenture, no Holder of any Security of
this series will have any right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for
any remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given to the Trustee written notice
of a continuing Event of Default with respect to this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series shall have made written request, and
offered reasonable indemnity, to the Trustee to institute such proceeding as trustee, and the
Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of this series a direction inconsistent with such request and shall have
failed to institute such proceeding within 60 days; provided, however, that such limitations do not
apply to a suit instituted by the Holder hereof for the enforcement of payment of the principal of
or interest on this Security on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture
shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay
the principal of and interest on this Security at the times, place, and rate, and in the coin or
currency, herein prescribed.
Registration of Transfer or Exchange. As provided in the Indenture and subject to
certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security will be registered on the
Security Register of the Company upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at
the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose in New York, New York or at such
other office or agency as the Company may designate, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed
by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new
Securities of this series of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount,
will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of
this series and of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the
same.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities of
this series, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to the time of due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the
Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee may
treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the absolute owner hereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and none of the Company, the Guarantor, the
Trustee or any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to
the contrary.
This Security is a global Security. If at any time, a Depositary is at any time unwilling or
unable to continue as Depositary and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within
90 days, then the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver Securities of
this series in definitive registered form, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of this Security in exchange for this Security.
Such Securities in definitive registered form shall be registered in such names and issued in such
authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect
participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities
of this series to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.
Defined Terms. All terms used in this Security that are defined in the Indenture and
are not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
Governing Law. This Security shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with,
the laws of the State of New York.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been duly executed by or on behalf of The
Bank of New York, as Trustee under the Indenture, or its successor thereunder, by the manual
signature of one of its authorized officers, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit
under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
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Dated: [ ] |
CBS CORPORATION,
as Issuer
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TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of a series referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
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Dated: [ ]
EX-4.3
Exhibit 4.3
FORM OF GUARANTEE OF CBS OPERATIONS INC.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, CBS OPERATIONS INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the Guarantor, which term includes any
successor corporation under the Indenture referred to in the Security upon which this Guarantee is
endorsed), hereby fully and unconditionally guarantees to the holder of the Security upon which
this Guarantee is endorsed the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest
(including, in case of default, interest on principal and, to the extent permitted by applicable
law, on overdue interest), if any, on this Security, when and as the same shall become due and
payable, whether at Stated Maturity, upon redemption, upon declaration of acceleration or
otherwise, according to the terms thereof and of the Indenture referred to therein. In case of the
failure of CBS Corporation or any successor thereto (herein called the Company)
punctually to pay any such principal or interest, the Guarantor hereby agrees to cause any such
payment to be made punctually when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at Stated
Maturity, upon redemption, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise, as if such payment were
made by the Company.
The Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be as if it were principal
debtor and not merely surety, and shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of the identity
of the Company, the validity, regularity or enforceability of this Security or said Indenture, the
absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by the Holder of this Security
with respect to any provisions thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company or any
action to enforce the same, or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or
equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. The Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment,
demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the
Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all
demands whatsoever and covenants that this Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete
performance of the obligations contained in this Security and in this Guarantee.
The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holder of this Security against the
Company in respect of any amounts paid by the Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of this
Guarantee or the Indenture referred to in this Security; provided, however, that the Guarantor
shall not be entitled to enforce or to receive any payment arising out of, or based upon, such
right of subrogation until the principal of and interest on all Securities of the series of which
the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed constitutes a part shall have been indefeasibly
paid in full.
The Indenture provides that in the event that this Guarantee would constitute or result in a
fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of, or result in a violation of, any United States
federal, or applicable United States state, fraudulent transfer or conveyance or similar law, then
the liability of the Guarantor hereunder shall be reduced to the extent necessary to eliminate such
fraudulent transfer or conveyance or violation under the applicable fraudulent transfer or
conveyance or similar law.
If the Trustee or the Holder of the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed is required
by any court or otherwise to return to the Company or the Guarantor, or any custodian, receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official acting in relation to the
Company or the Guarantor, any amount paid to the Trustee or such Holder in respect of the Security
upon which this Guarantee is endorsed, this Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall
be reinstated in full force and effect. The Guarantor further agrees, to the fullest extent that
it may lawfully do so, that, as between the Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders and the
Trustee, on the other hand, the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as
provided in Article Five of the Indenture for the purposes of this Guarantee, notwithstanding any
stay, injunction or other prohibition extant under any applicable bankruptcy law preventing such
acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby.
All terms used in this Guarantee that are defined in the Indenture and are not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Indenture.
This Guarantee shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State
of New York.
Subject to the next following paragraph, the Guarantor hereby certifies and warrants that all
acts, conditions and things required to be done and performed and to have happened precedent to the
creation and issuance of this Guarantee and to constitute the same valid obligation of the
Guarantor have been done and performed and have happened in due compliance with all applicable
laws.
This Guarantee shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate
of authentication on the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed has been signed by the
Trustee under the Indenture referred to in this Security.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
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Dated: May 13, 2009 |
CBS Operations Inc.,
as Guarantor
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