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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 1994
Registration No.33-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New York 14-1284013
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification number)
77 West 66th Street, New York, New York 10023-6298
(212)456-7777
(Address, including zip code and telephone number, including
area code of registrant's principal executive offices)
CAPITAL CITIES/ABC, INC.
SAVINGS & INVESTMENT PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
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RONALD J. DOERFLER
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.
77 West 66th Street, New York, New York 10023-6298
(212)456-6019
(Name, address, including zip code and telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed Proposed
Amount maximum maximum Amount of
Title of securities to be offering price aggregate registration
to be registered registered per share offering price fee
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Common stock par value
$1.00 per share....... 200,000 $686.44(1) $137,288,000(1) $47,336.90(1)
Interests in Capital
Cities/ABC, Inc.
Savings & Investment
Plan.................. (2) (2) (2) (2)
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(1) In accordance with Rule 457(c), the aggregate offering price and the amount
of the registration fee are computed on the basis of the average of the high
and low prices reported in the consolidated reporting system on March
31, 1994.
(2) An indeterminate amount of plan interests that constitutes separate
securities are deemed to be registered herewith. In accordance with Rule
457(h)(2), no separate fee is required with respect to said plan interests.
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Pursuant to Rule 429 of the Rules and Regulations promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, the Prospectus relates also to shares of common stock of
the Company included in Registration Statement No. 33-2196.
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THIS DOCUMENT CONSTITUTES PART OF A PROSPECTUS COVERING SECURITIES THAT HAVE
BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933.
CAPITAL CITIES/ABC, INC.
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SAVINGS & INVESTMENT PLAN
APRIL 1, 1994
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SUMMARY OF THE SAVINGS & INVESTMENT PLAN
Effective June 1, 1994, this Summary of the Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. Savings
& Investment Plan (the "Plan") replaces the Summary of the Plan dated May 1,
1992 and the supplements thereof. Effective June 1, 1994, the provisions of the
Plan will conform substantially to the description set forth in this Summary.
Participation in the Plan is offered, as set forth herein, to eligible
employees of Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. (the "Company") and certain of its
subsidiaries. The Plan is designed to attract and retain competent employees by
enabling them to save and invest a portion of their salaries in one or more of
the funds described herein by authorizing payroll deductions within specified
limits. The employer will contribute an amount equal to 50% of such deductions,
such amount to be invested in the fund consisting of the Company's common
stock, $1.00 par value ("Common Stock"). In addition to the payroll deductions
which are 50% matched by the employer, an employee may also authorize unmatched
payroll deductions within specified limits to be invested in one or more of the
funds described herein.
ELIGIBILITY
Membership in the Plan is entirely voluntary. Subject to certain limitations
on eligibility as provided by the Plan, every nonunion staff employee (except
certain nonresident aliens) of the companies and divisions authorized by the
Board of Directors to participate in the Plan, and any employee thereof who is
represented by a union which has a collective bargaining agreement pursuant to
which the Plan is made available to such employee, who completes one year of
service (as defined in the Plan), shall become eligible for membership on the
first day of the month coinciding with or next succeeding the completion of one
year of service. Service includes an authorized leave of absence, including a
leave of absence for service in the Armed Forces of the United States, and
absences for maternity or paternity reasons. Also eligible to participate in
the Plan, subject to certain limitations on eligibility as provided by the Plan
and the completion of one year of service, are certain nonunion talent
employees of the participating companies and divisions except (i) persons hired
for positions in connection with the production of a primetime program produced
by the Entertainment Division of the ABC Television Network or (ii) persons
hired in connection with a special event such as Olympics or Presidential
election coverage.
METHOD OF ENROLLMENT
Any eligible employee may become a member as of the first day of any month
coinciding with or succeeding the date he became eligible by so directing his
employer's payroll office prior to such date in the manner established for such
purpose.
EMPLOYEE AND EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS
Each eligible employee who elects to participate in the Plan may contribute
by payroll deduction either 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5% of his Compensation, with such
contribution being 50% matched by his employer, plus an additional unmatched 1,
2, 3, 4 or 5% of his Compensation. Such contributions may be made out of either
after-tax Compensation ("regular after-tax contributions") or by way of before-
tax deferral of Compensation (see "Before Tax Contributions"). However, no
employee may make more than a limited amount of Before Tax Contributions for
any year. In 1994, this amount is $9,240, and it will be adjusted in future
years to take account of changes in the cost of living. "Compensation" means
the amounts paid to an employee as basic salary and, if any, as commissions and
sales bonuses, exclusive of bonuses other than sales bonuses, incentive
compensation, profit participation and compensation for overtime or extended
workweek and any other items of remuneration. No more than a limited amount of
Compensation may be taken into consideration for any employee for any year. In
1994, this amount is $150,000, and it will be adjusted in future years to take
account of changes in the cost of living. An employee may suspend his
contributions as of the first day of any month by notice to his employer on or
before the 15th day of the preceding month. Such an employee may resume
contributions at any time as of the first day of any subsequent month by notice
to his employer on or before
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the 15th day of the preceding month. An employee may change the percentage of
his Compensation that is contributed to the Plan, either matched or unmatched,
as of the first day of any month, by filing an election with his employer
before the 15th day of the preceding month authorizing a change in his payroll
deduction.
Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"), "annual
additions" (consisting of employer contributions, including Before Tax
Contributions, and regular after-tax contributions) to the account of a member
are subject to certain limitations as to amount. In no event may such annual
additions under all defined contribution plans maintained by the Company, a
participating company, or an affiliated company exceed the lesser of: $30,000
(or, if greater, one-fourth of the defined benefit plan dollar limitation set
forth in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code")) or 25% of compensation
(determined after giving effect to Before Tax Contributions) from the Company
and from all affiliated employers during the Plan Year. A Plan Year means a
calendar year.
Both employee and employer contributions are forwarded monthly to Fidelity
Management Trust Company, the Plan Trustee (see "Trustee").
BEFORE TAX CONTRIBUTIONS
Each member is permitted, in lieu of making regular after-tax contributions
under the Plan, to elect to reduce such member's taxable Compensation by the
percentage of his Compensation that is contributed to the Plan and to make
contributions under the Plan in the amount of such reduction ("Before Tax
Contributions") which will be matched by employer contributions to the extent
set forth above under "Employee and Employer Contributions". However, no member
may make more than a limited amount of Before Tax Contributions for any year.
In 1994, this dollar amount is $9,240, and it will be adjusted in future years
to take account of changes in the cost of living. Any member who has elected to
make Before Tax Contributions and reaches the applicable limit will be deemed
to have elected to make regular after-tax contributions thereafter. Under
present tax law, Before Tax Contributions are excluded from members' income for
federal income tax purposes and therefore constitute pre-tax rather than after-
tax contributions.
Except as described below, Before Tax Contributions are subject to
substantially the same terms as regular after-tax contributions by members
under the Plan.
A member is entitled to make regular withdrawals of Before Tax Contributions
only after such member attains age 59 1/2, and a member may make a special
withdrawal of Before Tax Contributions based on financial hardship (see
"Financial Hardship Withdrawals").
If a member is a "highly compensated employee" (as defined in the Code) for
any year, the Company or a participating company may prospectively reduce or
suspend such member's Before Tax Contributions or regular after-tax
contributions, or the employer's matching contributions, for the balance of
such year to the extent necessary or appropriate to achieve compliance with
certain deferral percentage tests set forth in the Code or regulations
promulgated under it.
For federal income tax purposes, all Before Tax Contributions are considered
to be contributions by the employer rather than the member, although they are
referred to herein as the member's contributions to distinguish them from the
matching employer contributions.
No attempt has been made to describe various state and local tax treatments.
It should be noted, however, that not all states and localities conform to the
federal definition of items of taxable income and that, consequently, Before
Tax Contributions may or may not be excludable from members' income for state
and local tax purposes.
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ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTIONS
In the discretion of the Employee Benefits Committee (see "Administration"),
an employee who becomes a member as the direct result of the acquisition of his
employer by a company which participates in the Plan may contribute to the Plan
certain amounts received by him from his previous employer's qualified savings,
profit-sharing or retirement plan ("Rollover Contributions").
INVESTMENT PROVISIONS
The assets of the Plan are held by the Trustee pursuant to the terms of a
Trust Agreement with the Trustee. No person has any right to or interest in the
assets of the Plan except as provided in the Plan and Trust Agreement. The Plan
has six investment funds.
Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. Common Stock Fund.--This fund, together with the
earnings thereon, will be invested, without distinction between principal
and income, principally in the Company's Common Stock. Portions of this
fund (not to exceed 2%) may be invested by the Trustee in high grade short-
term obligations and money market instruments for purposes of liquidity to
meet exchange or distribution requirements. The Trustee purchases Common
Stock from time to time in the open market in accordance with a non-
discretionary purchasing program, unless the Company directs the Trustee to
purchase or accept as employer contributions authorized but unissued shares
of Common Stock or shares of Common Stock held as treasury stock. Shares of
authorized but unissued Common Stock or treasury shares purchased with
contributions and with dividends and any such shares contributed as
employer contributions are purchased or accepted by the Trustee at a price
equal to the closing price for the Common Stock on the date of the purchase
or contribution as reported in The Wall Street Journal. This fund is not a
diversified or managed investment choice. Investments in this fund are
measured in units and not shares of Common Stock. Each unit represents a
proportionate interest in all assets of this fund.
Fidelity Retirement Money Market Fund.--The investment objective of this
mutual fund managed by Fidelity is to obtain as high a level of current
income as is consistent with the preservation of capital and liquidity by
investing in money market instruments. The fund invests in high quality,
U.S. dollar-denominated money market instruments of U.S. and foreign
issuers which present minimal credit risk, including: obligations of
governments and their agencies or instrumentalities; obligations of the
financial services industry, including banks, savings and loan
institutions, insurance companies and mortgage bankers (these obligations
include certificates of deposit, bankers' acceptances and time deposits);
short-term corporate obligations, including commercial paper, notes and
bonds; and other short-term money market obligations.
Fidelity Institutional Short-Intermediate Government Fund.--The
investment objective of this mutual fund managed by Fidelity is to seek to
provide a high level of current income in a manner consistent with
preserving principal. The fund invests primarily in U.S. government
securities. It is a policy of this fund that its dollar-weighted average
maturity will not, under normal conditions, be less than two years or more
than five years. Under normal conditions, at least 65% of this fund's total
assets will be invested in U.S. government securities, including repurchase
agreements secured by U.S. government securities. Other investments will be
limited to related futures and options transactions.
Fidelity Asset Manager(TM) Fund.--The investment objective of this mutual
fund managed by Fidelity is to seek a high total return with reduced risk
over the long term. The fund diversifies across stocks, bonds and short-
term investments, both U.S. and foreign. This fund strives to invest 40% in
stocks, 40% in bonds, and 20% in short-term investments. This mix will vary
over short-term periods as fund management gradually adjusts the fund's
holdings--within defined ranges--based on the current outlook for the
different markets. With respect to 75% of total assets, the fund may not
invest more than 5% of its total assets in any one issuer and may not own
more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of a single issuer. The
fund may not invest more than 25% of its total assets in any one industry.
These limitations do not apply to U.S. government securities.
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Fidelity Growth & Income Fund.--The investment objective of this mutual
fund managed by Fidelity is to seek long-term capital growth, current
income, and growth of income, consistent with reasonable investment risk.
Fund composition includes securities of companies that offer earnings
growth potential while paying current dividends. The fund may invest in any
combination of common stock, securities convertible into common stock,
preferred stock, and fixed-income securities. The fund is not limited as to
type or quality of securities. However, it is expected that the primary
fixed-income investments the fund will make will be in corporate bonds. The
fund expects to invest primarily in securities currently paying dividends
although it may buy securities that are not paying dividends but offer
prospects for growth of capital or future income.
Fidelity Magellan(R) Fund.--The investment objective of this mutual fund
managed by Fidelity is to seek capital appreciation by investing primarily
in domestic and foreign companies' common stock and securities convertible
into common stock. Up to 20% of the fund's net assets may also be invested
in debt securities of all types and qualities issued by foreign and
domestic issuers if Fidelity believes that doing so will result in capital
appreciation. Because this fund has no limitation on the quality of debt
securities in which it may invest, the debt securities in the fund may be
of poor quality and may present the risk of default or may be in default.
Fidelity can make substantial temporary investments in investment-grade
debt securities for defensive purposes when it believes market conditions
warrant.
INVESTMENT ELECTIONS
A member may elect to have his contributions invested in any fund in any
proportion. All matching employer contributions are invested in the Capital
Cities/ABC, Inc. Common Stock Fund, even if a member has not elected to have
all or a portion of his contributions invested in the Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.
Common Stock Fund.
Each member may change his investments as often as he chooses, by calling the
Plan's recordkeeper at 1-800-421-3844. The recordkeeper will send the member a
written confirmation of the telephone transactions within five business days of
each call. (Account transactions requested after 4 p.m. Eastern time will
receive the next business day's closing price.) Fidelity reserves the right to
suspend, modify or withdraw the ability of a member to move his money between
the investment funds offered by Fidelity.
VOTING AND TENDERING OF COMMON STOCK
The shares of Common Stock held by the Trustee are voted by the Trustee as
directed by the member to whose account such stock is credited. Common Stock
with respect to which instructions are not timely received by the Trustee will
not be voted. As to any tender, exchange or purchase offer, each member may
direct the Trustee how to respond with respect to the Common Stock credited to
the member's account. If instructions are not received by the Trustee as to the
manner in which to respond to a tender, exchange or purchase offer with respect
to any Common Stock, the Trustee will take no action with respect to the
tender, exchange or purchase offer as it affects such Common Stock.
VESTING
The amount to the credit of a member's account which is attributable to his
regular after-tax contributions, his Before Tax Contributions and his Rollover
Contributions is fully vested at all times. Until the end of the 1994 Plan
Year, the amount to the credit of his account which is attributable to matching
employer contributions allocated to his account for each Plan Year after the
date he becomes a member shall vest as follows: (a) one-third at the end of the
Plan Year for which the contributions were made; (b) an additional one-third at
the end of the Plan Year immediately following the Plan Year for which the
contributions were made; and (c) an additional one-third at the end of the
second Plan Year following the
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Plan Year for which the contributions were made. Effective at the end of the
1994 Plan Year, the amount to the credit of a member's account which is
attributable to matching employer contributions allocated to his account for
each Plan Year after the date he becomes a member shall vest as follows: (a)
50% at the end of the Plan Year for which the contributions were made; and (b)
an additional 50% at the end of the Plan Year immediately following the Plan
Year for which the contributions were made. In addition, a member shall be
fully vested in all amounts to the credit of such member's account that are
attributable to matching employer contributions if such member completes five
years of service, dies, becomes permanently disabled, retires under the
retirement plan maintained by such member's employer or attains age 65 before
such member would otherwise have become fully vested.
PAYMENT OF BENEFITS
Upon a member's death, permanent disability, retirement under the Company's
or any of the participating companies' retirement plans, retirement after
completion of 5 years of service and attainment of age 55, or if his service is
terminated on or after his 65th birthday, the amount to the credit of such
member's account shall be distributable to him or his beneficiary either in a
lump sum or, if the member has so elected, in installments to him while he is
living over a period not exceeding ten years. (This installment option is not
available to employees who first become members on or after April 1, 1994.) The
member may accelerate the payment of any such installment or installments. If a
member dies before receiving any or all distributions, the remaining portion
shall be paid in a lump sum to his designated beneficiaries. Whenever a married
member dies, his sole beneficiary in all cases is his surviving spouse unless
such spouse has consented to the member's designation of a different
beneficiary in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the Retirement
Equity Act of 1984.
If a member's service terminates prior to his 65th birthday for any reason
other than retirement, disability or death, the amount to the credit of his
account which is vested shall be distributable to him in a lump sum. The
balance shall be forfeited, unless he is reemployed in the Plan Year of his
termination and completes at least 500 hours of service during such Plan Year.
Amounts forfeited will be used to reduce future contributions by the
participating companies.
If a member's benefits become distributable to him prior to his 65th
birthday, he may elect to postpone distribution of such benefits until his 65th
birthday. However, if the amount to the credit of the member's accounts does
not exceed $3,500, his benefits will be distributed as soon as practicable in a
lump sum.
Distributions (including distributions on account of withdrawals) are made
from (i) the Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. Common Stock Fund in whole shares of
Common Stock together with cash in lieu of fractional shares (except that any
member may elect to receive any distribution from this fund entirely in cash)
and (ii) from each other fund in cash. Each such distribution is made from each
of the funds proportionately in accordance with the values of the member's
respective interests in such funds.
REGULAR WITHDRAWALS
A member may at any time make withdrawals in whole dollar amounts ($250
minimum) of the amount to the credit of such member's account attributable to
such member's regular after-tax contributions and Rollover Contributions (and,
in the case of a member who has reached age 59 1/2, of the amount to the credit
of such member's account attributable to such member's Before Tax
Contributions) excluding the amount of any outstanding loans. A member with an
outstanding loan balance payable to the Plan (see "Loans") shall not be
permitted to make a regular withdrawal which would reduce the total vested
amount to the credit of the member's account after such withdrawal (exclusive
of such loan balance) to an amount less than twice the amount of such loan
balance.
FINANCIAL HARDSHIP WITHDRAWALS
A member may at any time withdraw a specified amount of the member's Before
Tax Contributions and the vested portion of such member's account (attributable
to such member's regular after-tax contributions, Rollover Contributions and
contributions by such member's employer) upon application by such member
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demonstrating such member's immediate and heavy financial need for a
distribution in the amount requested (which need cannot be satisfied by the
member's resort to other sources, such as a loan from the Plan (see "Loans"))
in connection with such member's purchase or rehabilitation of a principal
residence, on account of unreimbursed health care expenses for such member or
one of such member's dependents, or the making of tuition payments for post-
secondary education for such member or one of such member's dependents. Any
such distribution to a member shall be made (i) from amounts to the credit of
his account attributable to his regular after-tax contributions and Rollover
Contributions and, only after exhaustion of such amounts, (ii) from amounts to
the credit of his account attributable to employer contributions made with
respect to his regular after-tax contributions and, only after exhaustion of
such amounts, (iii) from amounts to the credit of his account attributable to
employer contributions made with respect to his Before Tax Contributions and,
only after exhaustion of such amounts, (iv) from his Before Tax Contributions.
A member with an outstanding loan balance payable to the Plan (see "Loans")
shall not be permitted to make a special withdrawal which would reduce the
total vested amount to the credit of the member's account after such withdrawal
(exclusive of such loan balance) to an amount less than twice the amount of
such loan balance.
LOANS
A member may at any time borrow the smallest of (a) the aggregate of the
amounts to the credit of such member's accounts attributable to Before Tax
Contributions, regular after-tax contributions and Rollover Contributions, (b)
50% of such member's vested interest under the Plan (disregarding any amount
subject to a qualified domestic relations order) and (c) $50,000 (minus the
highest outstanding balance of any other loan the member may have or have had
during the previous year from any qualified plan of his employer and all
affiliated employers). In addition, no member shall be permitted to borrow less
than a minimum amount determined from time to time by the Employee Benefits
Committee in its sole discretion. The current minimum amount established by
such Committee is $1,000. Each loan will bear a reasonable rate of interest as
determined from time to time by the Employee Benefits Committee. All loans will
be fully repayable within 60 months and will be repaid by level payroll
deductions unless a different method of payment is prescribed by the Employee
Benefits Committee. No member shall be permitted to have more than one loan
outstanding at any one point in time. Each payment of principal or interest by
a member with respect to a loan will be credited to such member's account
against which the loan was made. Upon a member's termination of service for any
reason at a time when he has an unpaid balance of principal or interest on an
outstanding loan, such loan shall thereupon be deemed to be in default and if
the member does not repay the balance of the loan, the member's accounts shall
be applied to the extent legally permitted to pay the amount of such unpaid
balance of principal and interest.
FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES
The Internal Revenue Service has determined that the Plan is "qualified"
under Section 401(a) of the Code.
The following is a brief summary of the advice which the Company has received
from Messrs. Hall, Dickler, Lawler, Kent & Friedman concerning the principal
federal income tax effects of the Plan. The application of the tax law to each
individual will vary depending upon his particular circumstances. Accordingly,
each member should consult his own personal adviser with respect to his
participation in the Plan and with respect to the making of any elections under
the Plan.
Members will not be subject to federal income tax on employer contributions
(which include Before Tax Contributions, see "Before Tax Contributions") made
to their accounts under the Plan, or on the earnings in their accounts, until
amounts in their accounts are withdrawn or distributed.
A member's withdrawal made from his regular after-tax contributions prior to
his termination of service will be considered to come first from those regular
after-tax contributions which were made before 1987 and such a withdrawal will
not be taxable until such pre-1987 contributions have been exhausted. If a
member
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makes an in-service withdrawal from his regular after-tax contributions
thereafter, the withdrawal will be considered to include a share of trust fund
earnings and will be taxable as ordinary income to the extent of the inclusion
of such earnings in the amount withdrawn. If a member receives shares of Common
Stock by reason of an in-service withdrawal from his regular after-tax
contributions, the taxable amount of the distribution will be reduced by the
unrealized appreciation in the value of such shares over their cost to the
Trustee, if any, with respect to shares attributable to the member's own
regular after-tax contributions (but not to dividends thereon). The amount of
any such unrealized appreciation in value of such shares which is used to
reduce the taxable amount will be taxable when the shares are sold to the
extent then realized at long-term capital gain tax rates according to proposed
Treasury Regulations. Any subsequent appreciation will be taxed as long-term or
short-term capital gain depending on the holding period for the shares. If a
member makes a withdrawal prior to his termination of service from his Before
Tax Contributions, his Rollover Contributions or employer contributions, the
amount withdrawn will be taxable as ordinary income.
A lump sum distribution is the distribution during a single taxable year of
the taxpayer of the entire balance to the credit of his account in the Plan and
all other profit sharing plans maintained by his employer by reason of his
termination of employment or after he has attained age 59 1/2.
An eligible rollover distribution is a distribution to the taxpayer of all or
any part of the balance to the credit of his account in the Plan, other than
(i) a distribution which is required under the minimum distribution rules of
the Code (for example, because the member has reached age 70 1/2) or (ii) a
distribution which is one of a series of installments made over ten years. A
lump sum distribution is an eligible rollover distribution (to the extent it is
not required under the minimum distribution rules of the Code).
If a distribution is an eligible rollover distribution, the member may elect
to have the taxable portion of the distribution made payable directly from the
Plan to another exempt employer's trust or to individual retirement accounts or
annuities specified under the Code. To the extent the taxable portion of an
eligible rollover distribution is not made payable directly from the Plan to
another exempt employer's trust or to individual retirement accounts or
annuities specified under the Code, it will generally be subject to mandatory
federal income tax withholding by the Plan at the rate of 20%.
If a member receives an eligible rollover distribution, and transfers within
60 days of receipt any portion of the distribution to another exempt employer's
trust or to individual retirement accounts or annuities specified under the
Code, then such distribution, to the extent of the amount transferred, shall
not be includable in the member's income for the taxable year of distribution.
The amount transferred can consist either of the property distributed or of the
proceeds from the sale of such distributed property. In the case of the
transfer of the proceeds of the sale of distributed property, neither gain nor
loss on the sale of such property will be recognized to the extent an amount
equal to the proceeds of the sale is transferred. Where part or all of an
eligible rollover distribution consists of property other than money, the
recipient of the distribution may designate which part of the money or other
property is to be treated as attributable to employee contributions and which
part is to be treated as includable in the rollover contributions. If the
recipient fails to make such designation, the allocation described above shall
be made on a pro rata basis. Any amounts properly transferred will be subject
to various restrictions and requirements, and amounts received thereafter by
the same member or his spouse may not receive as favorable tax treatment as his
eligible rollover distribution (if it was a lump sum distribution). A member
may not make a transfer described in this paragraph with respect to an amount
equal to the amount of the member's regular after-tax contributions which were
included in his distribution.
If none or only a portion of an eligible rollover distribution is
transferred, the recipient will be taxed in the year of distribution on the
excess of the amounts he receives and does not transfer over the amount of his
own regular contributions under the Plan not previously used as an offset
against distributions or withdrawals.
If a lump sum distribution includes shares of Common Stock, any unrealized
appreciation in the value of such shares over the cost to the Trustee will not
be taxable to the member at the time of distribution (unless
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the member elects otherwise) and such appreciation will be taxable, to the
extent realized, as long-term capital gain upon later sale or exchange.
Appreciation after the date of distribution will be taxed as long-term or
short-term capital gain depending on the employee's holding period which begins
on the date of distribution.
If a member receives an eligible rollover distribution and does not transfer
any portion of it to another exempt employer's trust or to individual
retirement accounts or annuities specified under the Code, the amount of the
distribution, less the amount of his regular after-tax contributions not used
previously as an offset against the withdrawals or distributions, will be
taxable as ordinary income.
If a member has participated in the Plan for at least 5 years prior to the
year of distribution of a lump sum distribution and is at least age 59 1/2, he
can elect a special 5-year averaging provision with respect to the ordinary
income portion of his lump sum distribution. If the member had reached age 50
before the beginning of 1986, he may elect to have the taxable portion of his
lump sum distribution which is allocable to the period of his participation in
the Plan prior to 1974, if any, treated as long-term capital gain. Such a
member may also be eligible to elect to have the ordinary income portion of his
lump sum distribution taxed under a special 10-year averaging provision.
If only a portion of an eligible rollover distribution qualifying as a lump
sum distribution is transferred to individual retirement accounts or annuities
specified under the Code, then the amount taxable to the recipient will be
taxed as ordinary income in the year of distribution and will not be eligible
for any special income averaging treatment.
Special rules will apply in the event of multiple lump sum distributions from
different plans.
If the member does not elect a lump sum distribution prior to his termination
of service, but instead elects annual cash installments, the annual amounts
paid to him, less the amount of his regular after-tax contributions not used
previously as an offset against withdrawals or distributions, will be taxable
as ordinary income to him. The total of his unused regular after-tax
contributions must be divided equally by the total number of years over which
payments are to be made with the resulting amount used as an offset against
each year's payments. If the member receives shares of Common Stock, the
calculation of the amount taxable to him will not include any unrealized
appreciation in value over the cost to the Trustee of such shares as are
attributable to his own regular after-tax contributions (but not to dividends
thereon). The amount of such appreciation realized on the subsequent sale of
such stock will be taxable at the time of sale as a long-term capital gain
according to proposed Treasury Regulations. Any subsequent appreciation will be
taxable as a long-term or short-term capital gain depending on the holding
period for the shares.
If any installment payment is an eligible rollover distribution, it will not
be taxable to the member in the year of distribution to the extent it is
transferred by him to another exempt employer's trust or to individual
retirement accounts or annuities specified under the Code.
If a member receives a distribution from the Plan before he reaches age 59
1/2 (unless it is made following his termination of service and attainment of
age 55), the taxable portion of the distribution may be subject to an
additional 10% tax. The taxable portion of in-service withdrawals made pursuant
to hardship or other special provisions of the Plan may be subject to this
additional tax. However, this tax will not apply to the portion of a
distribution which is transferred to another exempt employer's trust or to
individual retirement accounts or annuities specified under the Code.
Distributions from a tax qualified plan attributable to employer
contributions or Rollover Contributions are not eligible for any exemption from
federal estate tax.
Company contributions are deductible by it in any taxable year up to an
amount equal to 15% of the aggregate compensation of Plan members for the year.
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The above discussion does not cover all federal tax aspects of any employee's
participation in the Plan. In addition, no attempt has been made to describe
the state and local tax consequences of participation in the Plan which may or
may not vary from the federal tax consequences (see "Before Tax
Contributions"). Since the election of various options under the Plan and the
availability and desirability of various tax elections depend heavily upon the
particular circumstances of each member, it is extremely important that each
member discuss his own particular situation with his own personal adviser.
It will be important for each member to retain all statements given to him
under the Plan for purposes of preparing his own tax returns.
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT
The Plan is subject to the provisions of ERISA other than the provisions
relating to minimum funding standards and plan termination insurance.
ADMINISTRATION
The Employee Benefits Committee, consisting of not fewer than three persons
(currently non-director Company officers) who serve at the pleasure of the
Company's Board of Directors, has primary responsibility and authority for the
selection, performance review and retention of the Trustee and the funds or
other investment media to be available to the members in the Plan, and for the
administration of the Plan. The Employee Benefits Committee reports to the
Company's Board of Directors. The Employee Benefits Committee acts by a
majority of its membership. Such Committee may adopt rules for the
administration of the respective provisions of the Plan administered by it and
has full authority to determine all questions arising in connection with such
provisions, including their interpretation and application. Determinations by
such Committee shall be conclusive and binding on all interested parties. The
members of such Committee do not receive any compensation from the assets of
the Plan.
TRUSTEE
Fidelity Management Trust Company ("Fidelity Trust" or "the Trustee") has
been appointed as Trustee of the Plan, effective June 1, 1994. Fidelity
Investments Institutional Operations Company ("Fidelity"), an affiliate of
Fidelity Trust, will become recordkeeper of the Plan as of the same date.
Certain investment funds available under the Plan effective June 1, 1994 are
offered by Fidelity affiliates. For the purposes of this Plan Summary, all
Fidelity affiliates will be referred to individually and collectively as
"Fidelity". The full name and address of the Fidelity entity making each
offering and other information about each of the funds offered by Fidelity are
contained in prospectuses issued by Fidelity which have been delivered with
this Plan Summary. Additional copies of the Fidelity prospectuses can be
obtained, free of charge, from Fidelity Distributors Corporation, 82 Devonshire
Street, Boston, MA 02109, Telephone 1-800-421-3844. The Trustee's duties
include investing employer and employee contributions and dividends received on
Common Stock in the Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. Common Stock Fund.
BROKERAGE COMMISSIONS AND EXPENSES
Brokerage commissions and stock transfer taxes in connection with the
purchase and sale of securities are absorbed within the net asset value of each
investment fund on each business day. All other costs and expenses in
connection with the administration of the Plan not paid by the Company will be
charged to the members' accounts.
HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE OF THE FUNDS
Set forth below are certain financial data which may be helpful to eligible
employees concerning their investment decisions relating to the various
investment funds available under the Plan. The information set
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forth below does not reflect, and is not intended to reflect, the income or
loss that may be realized by an individual member. The income or loss that may
be realized by any member is dependent on a variety of factors, including the
market price or net asset value per unit at the time one makes contributions
and at the time one makes withdrawals, and upon interest and dividends earned.
The investment in any of these funds involves an element of risk as fund values
may go down as well as up. In addition, various factors should be taken into
consideration by eligible employees and members in making investments in the
Plan, including one's long- and short-term financial needs and goals and
general economic conditions. The information set forth below reflects the
cumulative total return of each fund for the period ended December 31, 1993.
Total returns are historical and include the change in share value and
reinvestment of dividends and capital gain distributions, if any. Cumulative
returns are reported as of the periods shown. The figures do not include the
effect of sales charges, if any, as these charges are waived for contributions
made through the Plan. Each fund's share price (except the money market fund),
yield and return will vary, and a member may have a gain or loss when selling
shares. The following information is not necessarily indicative of the future
results of any of the funds.
FUND PERFORMANCE
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURNS FOR THE PERIOD
FUND NAME AND COMMENCEMENT DATE ENDED
OF FIDELITY FUNDS DECEMBER 31, 1993
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10 YEARS OR
3 MONTHS 1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS LIFE OF FUND
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Fidelity Retirement Money Mar-
ket Fund (12/02/88) 0.74% 2.99% 13.31% 33.85% 34.39%*
Fidelity Inst'l Short-Interme-
diate Gov't Fund (11/10/86) 0.60 5.87 26.92 53.73 74.24*
Fidelity Asset Manager(TM) Fund
(12/28/88) 7.17 23.29 71.87 108.78 109.40*
Fidelity Growth & Income Fund
(12/30/85) 1.79 19.53 89.10 128.42 300.85*
Fidelity Magellan(R) Fund
(05/02/63) -0.34 24.66 88.13 141.78 441.67
Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. Common
Stock Fund 7.37 22.01 34.93 71.01 330.21
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* This number shows fund performance for the life of the fund. Ten-year
performance numbers are not available because the fund has been in existence
for fewer than 10 years.
STATEMENTS
Members are furnished a statement periodically for both regular and tax
deferred accounts which shows:
(1) Current investment direction
(2) Opening balance (market value) of each fund in which participant
is invested
(3) Current contribution
(4) Investment results
(5) Dividends
(6) Fund reallocation
(7) Closing balance
(8) Vested value
(9) Approximate number of shares in the Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.
Common Stock Fund
(10) Loans and loan repayments
(11) Withdrawals
AMENDMENT, TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS
No part of the corpus or income of the Plan shall be used for or diverted to
purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of members and their
beneficiaries. Subject to this provision, the Plan may be amended at any time
by action of the Company's Board of Directors, and any amendment may be given
retroactive effect;
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provided, however, that no amendment shall have the effect of depriving any
member or beneficiary of all or any part of the amount then credited to the
member's account under the Plan.
The Plan may be terminated at any time by action of the Company's Board of
Directors. In the event of termination, no contribution shall be made
thereafter, except for a month preceding the month in which such termination
occurs, and the rights of all members at the date of termination to the amounts
to the credit of their accounts shall thereupon become vested. Pursuant to the
instructions of the Employee Benefits Committee, the Trustee shall thereupon
either proceed to liquidate the assets of the Plan by distributing to all
members the amounts to the credit of their accounts in cash or in Common Stock
or continue to hold the
assets of the Plan in trust and to pay benefits therefrom in accordance with
the provisions of the Plan, disregarding, however, all provision for
forfeitures.
Employer contributions may from time to time be temporarily suspended by
action of the Company's Board of Directors. In the event of temporary
suspension of contributions, no contribution shall be made thereafter during
the period of such suspension, except for a month preceding the month in which
such suspension occurs. Such suspension may also result in the temporary
suspension of employee contributions under the Plan but employee contributions
may be resumed at the end of such temporary suspension. The period of temporary
suspension of contributions shall be determined solely by the Company's Board
of Directors. A temporary suspension of contributions for a period ending later
than the last day of the Plan Year following the last fiscal year for which
substantial employer contributions were made shall result in the vesting of
amounts to the credit of members' accounts on such date.
All references in this Summary to the Board of Directors of the Company shall
be deemed to include the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors.
GENERAL
No merger or consolidation of the Plan with, or transfer of assets or
liabilities to, any other plan shall be effective unless each member would be
entitled to a benefit immediately after the merger, consolidation or transfer,
if the Plan then terminated, which is equal to or greater than the benefit
which he would have been entitled to receive under the Plan immediately before
such merger, consolidation or transfer if the Plan had then terminated.
No benefit under the Plan shall be subject in any manner to anticipation,
alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or charge, or to
attachment, garnishment or other legal process. Any attempted anticipation,
alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or charge of
benefits or subjection of benefits to lien or adverse legal process of any kind
will not be recognized by the Employee Benefits Committee. Notwithstanding any
other provision of the Plan to the contrary, distribution of the amount to the
credit of a member's account shall be made in accordance with the terms of a
qualified domestic relations order to a member's spouse, former spouse, child
or other dependent or other person specified in such order provided such order
and the terms thereof meet the requirements of applicable provisions of ERISA.
The Company has filed a registration statement covering shares of the
Company's Common Stock available for purchase by participants in the Capital
Cities/ABC, Inc. Common Stock Fund. In the event of a stock dividend, stock
split or similar change to the Common Stock so registered, appropriate
adjustments will be made to the Common Stock to reflect such changes.
Members who are subject to the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, should consult with the Company
with regard to any sales of securities received pursuant to the Plan. In
addition, members who have been advised by the Company that they are
"affiliates" of the Company (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act of 1933) must comply with Rule 144 promulgated thereunder in
effecting any sales of securities.
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Each member and beneficiary shall keep the Company or his employer advised of
his current address. If amounts become distributable under the Plan and the
Employee Benefits Committee is unable to locate the member or beneficiary to
whom the distributions are payable, the account of such member or beneficiary
shall be closed after 3 years from the time such distributions first become
payable and the amount of such account shall be applied to reduce matching
employer contributions. If, however, such member or beneficiary subsequently
makes proper claim to the Employee Benefits Committee for such amount, the
amount of such account will be restored and will be distributable in accordance
with the terms of the Plan.
Requests for additional information about the Plan should be directed to:
Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. Employee Benefits Department, 77 West 66th Street, New
York, New York 10023-6298, telephone (212) 456-6890.
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INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission are
incorporated herein by reference:
(a) The Company's and the Plan's latest annual reports filed pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act") or, in the case of the Company, either (1) the latest
prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 that
contains audited financial statements for the Company's latest fiscal year for
which such statements have been filed, or (2) the Company's effective
registration statement on Form 10 filed under the Exchange Act containing
audited financial statements for the Company's latest fiscal year.
(b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Company documents
referred to in (a) above.
(c) The description of the Common Stock contained in a registration statement
filed under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report
filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of
a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have
been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the
date of filing of such documents.
The Company will provide without charge to each participant in the Plan, upon
written or oral request, copies of the foregoing documents incorporated herein
by reference, other than exhibits to such documents if such exhibits are not
themselves incorporated by reference in such documents. The Company will also
provide without charge to each participant in the Plan, who does not otherwise
receive such material, copies of all reports, proxy statements and other
communications distributed to the Company's security holders generally. Written
or telephone requests for any of these documents, or requests for information
about the Plan's administrators, should be directed to Capital Cities/ABC,
Inc., 77 West 66th Street, New York, New York 10023-6298, Attention: Philip R.
Farnsworth, Secretary, telephone (212) 456-7213.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
are incorporated herein by reference:
(a) The Company's and the Plan's latest annual reports filed pursuant
to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), or, in the case of the Company, either (1)
the latest prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities
Act of 1933 that contains audited financial statements for the Company's
latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed, or (2) the
Company's effective registration statement on Form 10 filed under the
Exchange Act containing audited financial statements for the Company's
latest fiscal year.
(b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the
Company documents referred to in (a) above.
(c) The description of the Common Stock contained in a registration
statement filed under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Company
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a
part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The Registrant maintains a policy of insurance with a face amount of
$10,000,000 (subject to certain deductible and co-insurance provisions)
covering its officers and directors and indemnifying them against loss on
account of claims made against them, including, but not limited to, damages,
judgments, statements, costs and the costs of defense of such claims, arising
from any error, misstatement or misleading statement, act or omission, or
neglect or breach of duty committed, attempted or allegedly committed or
attempted by such officer or director in discharge of his duties to the
Registrant. The policy is sufficiently broad to cover liabilities arising
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
The Registrant's By-laws provide that its directors and elected officers
shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by Section 721 of the New
York Business Corporation Law against judgments, fines, amounts paid
in settlement, and costs, charges and other expenses in connection with any
actual or threatened action or proceeding whether civil, criminal,
administrative or legislative, whether involving any actual or alleged breach
of duty, neglect or error, any accountabilities, or any actual or alleged
misstatement, misleading statement or other act or omission, including any
action by or in the right of the Registrant to procure a judgment in its
favor, arising out of their service to the Registrant or to another
organization at the Registrant's request. No indemnification will be provided,
however, if a judgment or other final adjudication establishes that a director
or elected officer acted in bad faith or with active and deliberate dishonesty
and such conduct was material to the cause of action or if a director or
elected officer personally gained a financial profit to which he was not
legally entitled. As used herein, "elected officer" shall include only a
person who shall have been elected, designated or appointed to act as an officer
of the Registrant by the Board of Directors but shall not include any person
designated or appointed an officer of the Registrant, or any of its divisions
or operating units, by an individual whether acting under authority delegated
by the Board of Directors or in any other manner. Also, the Business
Corporation Law of the State of New York provides generally for
indemnification against judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and
reasonable expenses where the director or officer was acting on behalf of the
Registrant, in its best interests, and had no reasonable cause to believe that
his conduct was unlawful. These provisions may be sufficiently broad to permit
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act.
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Item 8. Exhibits
5 --Opinion of Hall, Dickler, Lawler, Kent & Friedman.
23 --Consent of Hall, Dickler, Lawler, Kent & Friedman (contained in their
opinion filed as Exhibit 5).
24 --Powers of Attorney from a majority of the members of the Board of
Directors of the Company.
The Registrant has previously submitted the plan to the Internal Revenue
Service, and hereby undertakes that it will submit any amendment thereto to the
IRS in a timely manner and will make all changes required by the IRS in order to
continue the qualification of the plan.
Item 9. Undertakings
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: (i) to
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act
of 1933; (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most
recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in
the registration statement; (iii) to include any material information
with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
registration statement or any material change to such information in the
registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
the termination of the offering.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to deliver or cause to be
delivered with the prospectus, to each person to whom the prospectus is sent
or given, the latest annual report to security holders that is incorporated by
reference in the prospectus and furnished pursuant to and meeting the
requirements of Rule 14a-3 or Rule 14c-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934; and where interim financial information required to be presented by
Article 3 of Regulation S-X is not set forth in the prospectus, to deliver or
cause to be delivered, to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given,
the latest quarterly report that is specifically incorporated by reference in
the prospectus to provide such interim financial information.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of New York, and State of New York, on the 31st day of
March 1994.
CAPITAL CITIES/ABC, INC.
By /s/ RONALD J. DOERFLER
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(Ronald J. Doerfler)
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
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SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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Principal Executive Officer:
/s/ THOMAS S. MURPHY
- ------------------------------ Chairman of the Board, and Chief March 31, 1994
(Thomas S. Murphy) Executive Officer and Director
Principal Financial Officer:
/s/ RONALD J. DOERFLER
- ------------------------------ Senior Vice President and Chief March 31, 1994
(Ronald J. Doerfler) Financial Officer
Controller:
/s/ ALLAN J. EDELSON
- ------------------------------ Vice President and Controller March 31, 1994
(Allan J. Edelson)
Directors:
*
- ------------------------------ Director March 31, 1994
(Robert P. Bauman)
*
- ------------------------------ Director March 31, 1994
(Nicholas F. Brady)
*
- ------------------------------ Director March 31, 1994
(Warren E. Buffett)
*
- ------------------------------ Director March 31, 1994
(Daniel B. Burke)
*
- ------------------------------ Director March 31, 1994
(Frank T. Cary)
*
- ------------------------------ Director March 31, 1994
(John B. Fairchild)
*
- ------------------------------ Director March 31, 1994
(Leonard H. Goldenson)
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Signature Title Date
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*
- ---------------------------- Director March 31, 1994
(Frank S. Jones)
*
- ---------------------------- Director March 31, 1994
(Ann Dibble Jordan)
*
- ---------------------------- Director March 31, 1994
(John H. Muller, Jr.)
- ---------------------------- Director
(Wyndham Robertson)
*
- ---------------------------- Director March 31, 1994
(M. Cabell Woodward, Jr.)
* /s/ RONALD J. DOERFLER
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Ronald J. Doerfler,
Attorney-in-Fact
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5 --Opinion of Hall, Dickler, Lawler, Kent & Friedman.
23 --Consent of Hall, Dickler, Lawler, Kent & Friedman (contained in their
opinion filed as Exhibit 5).
24 --Powers of Attorney from a majority of the members of the Board of
Directors of the Company.
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EXHIBIT 5
[LETTERHEAD OF HALL, DICKLER, LAWLER, KENT & FRIEDMAN APPEARS HERE]
April 1, 1994
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8
of Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.
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Gentlemen/Ladies:
As special counsel to Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.(the "Company"), we are
familiar with the Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-8 dated
April 1, 1994 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the"Registration Statement"),
and the Prospectus which forms a part thereof (the "Prospectus"), covering
200,000 shares of common stock, par value $1 per share, of the Company (the
"Common Stock") as may be purchased by the trustee (the "Trustee") from time to
time at market price for employees participating in the Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.
Savings & Investment Plan as amended to date (the "Plan") and which includes an
indeterminate amount of Plan Interests.
We have examined such corporate records, other documents and matters of
fact and law as we have considered necessary for the purpose of rendering this
opinion, including the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as
amended, the By-laws of the Company, minutes of meeting of directors and
shareholders of the Company, the Plan, the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus.
Based on the foregoing, it is our opinion that the Common Stock to be
purchased in the open market from time to time by the Trustee and the authorized
but unissued shares of Common Stock or shares of Common Stock held as treasury
stock to be purchased by the Trustee or contributed by the Company pursuant to
the Plan, when issued and delivered in the manner described in the Prospectus
and in accordance with the provisions of the Plan, will be duly and validly
issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable, shares of Common Stock of
the Company.
We consent to all references to us in the Registration Statement, including
all references to us in the Prospectus.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Hall, Dickler, Lawler, Kent & Friedman
HALL, DICKLER, LAWLER, KENT & FRIEDMAN
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EXHIBIT 24
CAPITAL CITIES/ABC, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY TO SIGN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of CAPITAL
CITIES/ABC, INC. (the "Company"), in his or her capacity as set forth below,
hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas S. Murphy, Ronald J. Doerfler, and Philip
R. Farnsworth and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys
and agents, with power to act with or without the others and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to do any and all acts and all things and to
execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents and each of them
may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Company to comply with the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements
of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in connection with the
registration under such Act of Common Stock of the Company, and an indeterminate
amount of plan interests, to be offered to employees under the Company's Savings
& Investment Plan, to the extent that any such registration may be required in
the opinion of the executive officers of the Company, upon the advice of
counsel, including without limitation the power and authority to sign the name
of the undersigned director, in the capacity indicated below opposite the name
of such director, to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the
registration of such Common Stock and plan interests, to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to said Common Stock and plan
interests, to any and all amendments to said Registration Statement, whether
such amendments are filed before or after the effective date of such
Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as a
part of or in connection with such Registration Statement or such amendments;
and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and
agents and each of them shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents this
21st day of March, 1994.
Capacity: Director Robert P. Bauman
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Name
/s/ R. P. Bauman
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Signature
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Exhibit 24
CAPITAL CITIES/ABC, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY TO SIGN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of CAPITAL
CITIES/ABC, INC. (the "Company"), in his or her capacity as set forth below,
hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas S. Murphy, Ronald J. Doerfler, and Philip
R. Farnsworth and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys
and agents, with power to act with or without the others and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to do any and all acts and all things and to
execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents and each of them
may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Company to comply with the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements
of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in connection with the
registration under such Act of Common Stock of the Company, and an indeterminate
amount of plan interests, to be offered to employees under the Company's Savings
& Investment Plan, to the extent that any such registration may be required in
the opinion of the executive officers of the Company, upon the advice of
counsel, including without limitation the power and authority to sign the name
of the undersigned director, in the capacity indicated below opposite the name
of such director, to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the
registration of such Common Stock and plan interests, to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to said Common Stock and plan
interests, to any and all amendments to said Registration Statement, whether
such amendments are filed before or after the effective date of such
Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as a
part of or in connection with such Registration Statement or such amendments;
and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and
agents and each of them shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents this
21st day of March, 1994.
Capacity: Director Nicholas F. Brady
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Name
/s/ Nicholas F. Brady
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Signature
<PAGE>
Exhibit 24
CAPITAL CITIES/ABC, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY TO SIGN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of CAPITAL
CITIES/ABC, INC. (the "Company"), in his or her capacity as set forth below,
hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas S. Murphy, Ronald J. Doerfler, and Philip
R. Farnsworth and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys
and agents, with power to act with or without the others and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to do any and all acts and all things and to
execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents and each of them
may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Company to comply with the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements
of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in connection with the
registration under such Act of Common Stock of the Company, and an indeterminate
amount of plan interests, to be offered to employees under the Company's Savings
& Investment Plan, to the extent that any such registration may be required in
the opinion of the executive officers of the Company, upon the advice of
counsel, including without limitation the power and authority to sign the name
of the undersigned director, in the capacity indicated below opposite the name
of such director, to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the
registration of such Common Stock and plan interests, to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to said Common Stock and plan
interests, to any and all amendments to said Registration Statement, whether
such amendments are filed before or after the effective date of such
Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as a
part of or in connection with such Registration Statement or such amendments;
and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and
agents and each of them shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents this
21st day of March, 1994.
Capacity: Director Warren E. Buffett
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Name
/s/ Warren E. Buffett
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Signature
<PAGE>
Exhibit 24
CAPITAL CITIES/ABC, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY TO SIGN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of CAPITAL
CITIES/ABC, INC. (the "Company"), in his or her capacity as set forth below,
hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas S. Murphy, Ronald J. Doerfler, and Philip
R. Farnsworth and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys
and agents, with power to act with or without the others and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to do any and all acts and all things and to
execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents and each of them
may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Company to comply with the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements
of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in connection with the
registration under such Act of Common Stock of the Company, and an indeterminate
amount of plan interests, to be offered to employees under the Company's Savings
& Investment Plan, to the extent that any such registration may be required in
the opinion of the executive officers of the Company, upon the advice of
counsel, including without limitation the power and authority to sign the name
of the undersigned director, in the capacity indicated below opposite the name
of such director, to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the
registration of such Common Stock and plan interests, to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to said Common Stock and plan
interests, to any and all amendments to said Registration Statement, whether
such amendments are filed before or after the effective date of such
Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as a
part of or in connection with such Registration Statement or such amendments;
and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and
agents and each of them shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents this
22nd day of March, 1994.
Capacity: Director Daniel B. Burke
---------------------------------
Name
/s/ Daniel B. Burke
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Signature
<PAGE>
Exhibit 24
CAPITAL CITIES/ABC, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY TO SIGN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of CAPITAL
CITIES/ABC, INC. (the "Company"), in his or her capacity as set forth below,
hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas S. Murphy, Ronald J. Doerfler, and Philip
R. Farnsworth and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys
and agents, with power to act with or without the others and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to do any and all acts and all things and to
execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents and each of them
may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Company to comply with the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements
of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in connection with the
registration under such Act of Common Stock of the Company, and an indeterminate
amount of plan interests, to be offered to employees under the Company's Savings
& Investment Plan, to the extent that any such registration may be required in
the opinion of the executive officers of the Company, upon the advice of
counsel, including without limitation the power and authority to sign the name
of the undersigned director, in the capacity indicated below opposite the name
of such director, to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the
registration of such Common Stock and plan interests, to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to said Common Stock and plan
interests, to any and all amendments to said Registration Statement, whether
such amendments are filed before or after the effective date of such
Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as a
part of or in connection with such Registration Statement or such amendments;
and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and
agents and each of them shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents this
21st day of March, 1994.
Capacity: Director Frank T. Cary
---------------------------------
Name
/s/ Frank T. Cary
---------------------------------
Signature
<PAGE>
Exhibit 24
CAPITAL CITIES/ABC, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY TO SIGN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of CAPITAL
CITIES/ABC, INC. (the "Company"), in his or her capacity as set forth below,
hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas S. Murphy, Ronald J. Doerfler, and Philip
R. Farnsworth and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys
and agents, with power to act with or without the others and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to do any and all acts and all things and to
execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents and each of them
may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Company to comply with the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements
of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in connection with the
registration under such Act of Common Stock of the Company, and an indeterminate
amount of plan interests, to be offered to employees under the Company's Savings
& Investment Plan, to the extent that any such registration may be required in
the opinion of the executive officers of the Company, upon the advice of
counsel, including without limitation the power and authority to sign the name
of the undersigned director, in the capacity indicated below opposite the name
of such director, to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the
registration of such Common Stock and plan interests, to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to said Common Stock and plan
interests, to any and all amendments to said Registration Statement, whether
such amendments are filed before or after the effective date of such
Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as a
part of or in connection with such Registration Statement or such amendments;
and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and
agents and each of them shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents this
22nd day of March, 1994.
Capacity: Director John B. Fairchild
---------------------------------
Name
/s/ John B. Fairchild
---------------------------------
Signature
<PAGE>
Exhibit 24
CAPITAL CITIES/ABC, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY TO SIGN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of CAPITAL
CITIES/ABC, INC. (the "Company"), in his or her capacity as set forth below,
hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas S. Murphy, Ronald J. Doerfler, and Philip
R. Farnsworth and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys
and agents, with power to act with or without the others and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to do any and all acts and all things and to
execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents and each of them
may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Company to comply with the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements
of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in connection with the
registration under such Act of Common Stock of the Company, and an indeterminate
amount of plan interests, to be offered to employees under the Company's Savings
& Investment Plan, to the extent that any such registration may be required in
the opinion of the executive officers of the Company, upon the advice of
counsel, including without limitation the power and authority to sign the name
of the undersigned director, in the capacity indicated below opposite the name
of such director, to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the
registration of such Common Stock and plan interests, to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to said Common Stock and plan
interests, to any and all amendments to said Registration Statement, whether
such amendments are filed before or after the effective date of such
Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as a
part of or in connection with such Registration Statement or such amendments;
and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and
agents and each of them shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents this
21st day of March, 1994.
Capacity: Director Leonard H. Goldenson
---------------------------------
Name
/s/ Leonard H. Goldenson
---------------------------------
Signature
<PAGE>
Exhibit 24
CAPITAL CITIES/ABC, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY TO SIGN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of CAPITAL
CITIES/ABC, INC. (the "Company"), in his or her capacity as set forth below,
hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas S. Murphy, Ronald J. Doerfler, and Philip
R. Farnsworth and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys
and agents, with power to act with or without the others and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to do any and all acts and all things and to
execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents and each of them
may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Company to comply with the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements
of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in connection with the
registration under such Act of Common Stock of the Company, and an indeterminate
amount of plan interests, to be offered to employees under the Company's Savings
& Investment Plan, to the extent that any such registration may be required in
the opinion of the executive officers of the Company, upon the advice of
counsel, including without limitation the power and authority to sign the name
of the undersigned director, in the capacity indicated below opposite the name
of such director, to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the
registration of such Common Stock and plan interests, to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to said Common Stock and plan
interests, to any and all amendments to said Registration Statement, whether
such amendments are filed before or after the effective date of such
Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as a
part of or in connection with such Registration Statement or such amendments;
and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and
agents and each of them shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents this
21st day of March, 1994.
Capacity: Director Frank S. Jones
---------------------------------
Name
/s/ Frank S. Jones
---------------------------------
Signature
<PAGE>
Exhibit 24
CAPITAL CITIES/ABC, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY TO SIGN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of CAPITAL
CITIES/ABC, INC. (the "Company"), in his or her capacity as set forth below,
hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas S. Murphy, Ronald J. Doerfler, and Philip
R. Farnsworth and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys
and agents, with power to act with or without the others and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to do any and all acts and all things and to
execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents and each of them
may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Company to comply with the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements
of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in connection with the
registration under such Act of Common Stock of the Company, and an indeterminate
amount of plan interests, to be offered to employees under the Company's Savings
& Investment Plan, to the extent that any such registration may be required in
the opinion of the executive officers of the Company, upon the advice of
counsel, including without limitation the power and authority to sign the name
of the undersigned director, in the capacity indicated below opposite the name
of such director, to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the
registration of such Common Stock and plan interests, to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to said Common Stock and plan
interests, to any and all amendments to said Registration Statement, whether
such amendments are filed before or after the effective date of such
Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as a
part of or in connection with such Registration Statement or such amendments;
and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and
agents and each of them shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents this
21st day of March, 1994.
Capacity: Director Ann Dibble Jordan
---------------------------------
Name
/s/ Ann Dibble Jordan
---------------------------------
Signature
<PAGE>
Exhibit 24
CAPITAL CITIES/ABC, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY TO SIGN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of CAPITAL
CITIES/ABC, INC. (the "Company"), in his or her capacity as set forth below,
hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas S. Murphy, Ronald J. Doerfler, and Philip
R. Farnsworth and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys
and agents, with power to act with or without the others and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to do any and all acts and all things and to
execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents and each of them
may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Company to comply with the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements
of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in connection with the
registration under such Act of Common Stock of the Company, and an indeterminate
amount of plan interests, to be offered to employees under the Company's Savings
& Investment Plan, to the extent that any such registration may be required in
the opinion of the executive officers of the Company, upon the advice of
counsel, including without limitation the power and authority to sign the name
of the undersigned director, in the capacity indicated below opposite the name
of such director, to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the
registration of such Common Stock and plan interests, to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to said Common Stock and plan
interests, to any and all amendments to said Registration Statement, whether
such amendments are filed before or after the effective date of such
Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as a
part of or in connection with such Registration Statement or such amendments;
and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and
agents and each of them shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents this
21st day of March, 1994.
Capacity: Director John H. Muller, Jr.
---------------------------------
Name
/s/ John H. Muller, Jr.
---------------------------------
Signature
<PAGE>
Exhibit 24
CAPITAL CITIES/ABC, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY TO SIGN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of CAPITAL
CITIES/ABC, INC. (the "Company"), in his or her capacity as set forth below,
hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas S. Murphy, Ronald J. Doerfler, and Philip
R. Farnsworth and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys
and agents, with power to act with or without the others and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to do any and all acts and all things and to
execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents and each of them
may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Company to comply with the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements
of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in connection with the
registration under such Act of Common Stock of the Company, and an indeterminate
amount of plan interests, to be offered to employees under the Company's Savings
& Investment Plan, to the extent that any such registration may be required in
the opinion of the executive officers of the Company, upon the advice of
counsel, including without limitation the power and authority to sign the name
of the undersigned director, in the capacity indicated below opposite the name
of such director, to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the
registration of such Common Stock and plan interests, to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to said Common Stock and plan
interests, to any and all amendments to said Registration Statement, whether
such amendments are filed before or after the effective date of such
Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as a
part of or in connection with such Registration Statement or such amendments;
and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and
agents and each of them shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents this
21st day of March, 1994.
Capacity: Director M. Cabell Woodward, Jr.
---------------------------------
Name
/s/ M. Cabell Woodward, Jr.
---------------------------------
Signature
