CBS INC
SC 13E4, 1994-08-24
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                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION      
                               Schedule 13E-4
                             (Amendment No. 1)

                       Issuer Tender Offer Statement
                       (Pursuant to Section 13(e)(1)
                  of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)

                                  CBS Inc.
                              (Name of Issuer)

                                  CBS Inc.
                    (Name of Person(s) Filing Statement)

                  Common Stock, Par Value $2.50 Per Share
                       (Title of Class of Securities)

                                124845 10 8
                   (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

                              Ellen Oran Kaden
                          Executive Vice President
                       General Counsel and Secretary
                                  CBS Inc.
                            51 West 52nd Street
                          New York, New York 10019
                               (212) 975-4452

        (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to
         Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of the Person
                             Filing Statement)

                                  Copy to:

                          Robert A. Kindler, Esq.
                          Cravath, Swaine & Moore
                              Worldwide Plaza
                             825 Eighth Avenue
                          New York, New York 10019
                               (212) 474-1640

                               July 25, 1994
                    (Date Tender Offer First Published,
                     Sent or Given to Security Holders)

                         CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
          Transaction Valuation*            Amount of Filing Fee
              $1,137,500,000                      $227,500

      *Assumes purchase of 3,500,000 shares at $325 per share.

        [x]  Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided
      by Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the
      offsetting fee was previously paid. Identify the previous
      filing by registration statement number of the Form or Schedule
      and the date of its filing.

      Amount Previously Paid:  $227,500  Filing Party:  CBS Inc.
      Form or 
      Registration No:  Schedule 13E-4   Date Filed:  July 25, 1994
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          This Amendment No. 1 amends and supplements the Issuer
     Tender Offer Statement on Schedule 13E-4 filed on July 25, 1994,
     relating to the offer by CBS Inc., a New York corporation (the
     "Company"), to purchase 3,500,000 outstanding shares of Common
     Stock, par value $2.50 per share, of the Company (the "Shares"),
     at a price of $325 per Share, net to the seller in cash, upon the
     terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to
     Purchase dated July 25, 1994 (the "Offer to Purchase"), and the
     related Letter of Transmittal (the "Offer"). Unless otherwise
     indicated, all capitalized terms used but not defined herein
     shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Schedule 13E-4.

      Item 8. Additional Information.

          Item 8(e) is hereby amended by adding the following thereto:

          The Offer expired at 8:00 p.m., New York City time, on
     Monday, August 22, 1994. The preliminary results of the Offer are
     set forth in Exhibit (a)(12) hereto.

     Item 9. Material to Be Filed as Exhibits.

          Item 9 is hereby amended by adding the following as an
     Exhibit:

          Exhibit (a)(12).  Form of Press Release dated August 23,
     1994.



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          After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
     belief, I certify that the information set forth in this
     statement is true, complete and correct.


                                        CBS INC.

                                        By:  /s/ ELLEN ORAN KADEN
                                           ---------------------------
                                             Title:    Executive Vice
                                                       President,
                                                       General Counsel
                                                       and Secretary

     Dated: August 23, 1994



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                                    EXHIBIT INDEX


            Exhibit                                     Sequentially
            Number               Description            Numbered Page

            (a)(12)       Form of Press Release
                          dated August 23, 1994.





 


                                                            August 23, 1994



                    CBS CONCLUDES OFFER TO PURCHASE FOR CASH
           3,500,000 SHARES OF ITS COMMON STOCK AT $325 NET PER SHARE


          CBS announced that its offer to purchase up to 3,500,000 shares
     of its Common Stock at $325 per share expired as scheduled at 8:00 PM,
     New York City time, Monday, August 22, 1994.  As a result of the
     offer's oversubscription, proration will be required for the
     12,532,310 shares tendered by owners who do not qualify as odd lot
     owners.  The preliminary proration percentage is 27.05% for those
     shares not qualifying for odd lot status.

          On the basis of a preliminary count, First Chicago Trust Company
     of New York, the depositary for the offer, reported that 12,642,144
     shares of CBS Common Stock were tendered pursuant to the offer.  This
     included 688,364 shares that were tendered by notices of guaranteed
     delivery, all of which are preliminarily assumed to be round lot
     tenders.  Of the total shares tendered, qualifying odd lot owners, who
     beneficially owned 25 or fewer shares on the record dated of July 8,
     1994, tendered 109,834 shares.  All of such odd lot shares will be
     accepted for payment by the Company.

          The final number of shares tendered pursuant to the offer and the
     definitive proration factor will be announced on or about August 30. 
     Payment for the purchased shares will be made in cash as promptly as
     feasible thereafter according to the terms of the offer.  All shares
     tendered and not purchased by the Company will be returned to
     shareholders.

          L.T. Holding Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Loews
     Corporation, tendered all of its 3,029,375 shares.  As a result, based
     on the preliminary report of the depositary, L.T. Holding owns
     approximately 18% of CBS's common stock immediately following the
     offer's expiration.

          In addition, 230,000 shares of the Company's $10 Convertible
     Series B Preference Stock were converted into CBS Common Stock, during
     the period when the offer to purchase was effective.  Consequently,
     the Company now has 950,000 shares of the Series B Preference Stock
     outstanding.

          Immediately after the cash payout related to this offer, the
     Company's cash and marketable securities will total approximately
     $200 million, while total debt will total approximately $600 million. 
     The Company now has total common shares outstanding of approximately
     12.250 million.

          CBS intends to effect a 5-for-1 share split by paying a stock
     dividend of four new shares on each outstanding share.  The record
     date will be set at the next CBS Board of Directors meeting on
     September 14, 1994.



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