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10-Q, EX-10.1, 2000-08-14
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1


                        AMENDMENT NO. 1 (this "Amendment") dated as of April 17
                2000, to the AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (the
                "Agreement") entered into as of December 10, 1999, among CBS
                CORPORATION, a Pennsylvania corporation ("CBS"); each Subsidiary
                Borrower (as defined in the Agreement); the Lenders (as defined
                in the Agreement); BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. ("Bank of America") and
                THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK ("Toronto Dominion"), as syndication
                agents for the Lenders (in such capacity, the "Syndication
                Agents"); THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, a New York banking
                corporation ("Chase"), as documentation agent for the Lenders;
                and MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, a New York
                banking corporation ("Morgan"), as administrative agent for the
                Lenders.

          The Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

          SECTION 1. Amendment.  (a) The definition of the term "Capital Lease
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Obligations" in Section 1.1 of the Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the
words "other than leases of satellite transponders" at the end thereof.

          (b)  The definition of the term "Consolidated EBITDA" in Section 1.1
of the Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety by the following
new definition:

          "Consolidated EBITDA" shall mean, with respect to CBS and its
          Consolidated Subsidiaries for any period, operating profit (loss)
          (excluding that related to Discontinued Operations), plus other income
          (loss), plus interest income, plus depreciation and amortization
          (excluding amortization related to programming rights, prepublication
          costs and videocassettes), excluding (a) gains (losses) on sales of
          assets (except (I) gains (losses) on sales of inventory sold in the
          ordinary course of business and (II) gains (losses) on sales of other
          assets if such gains (losses) are less than $10,000,000 individually
          and less than $50,000,000 in the aggregate during such period), (b)
          other non-cash items (including (i) provisions for losses and
          additions to valuation allowances, (ii) provisions for restructuring,
          litigation and environmental reserves and losses on the Disposition of
          businesses and (iii) pension settlement charges),
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          in each case determined for such period on a basis consistent with
          that reported in CBS's Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
          September 30, 1998 filed with the SEC, minus cash payments made during
          such period in respect of non-cash charges taken during any previous
          period (excluding cash payments in respect of non-cash charges taken
          prior to December 31, 1998) and (c) nonrecurring expenses incurred in
          connection with the merger of CBS and Viacom Inc. ("Viacom") pursuant
          to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of September 6, 1999, as
          amended and restated as of October 8, 1999 and as of November 23,
          1999, by and among CBS, Viacom and Viacom/CBS LLC.

          (c) The definition of the term "Consolidated Interest Expense" in
Section 1.1 of the Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety by
the following new definition:

          "Consolidated Interest Expense" shall mean for any period the gross
          cash interest expense of CBS and its Consolidated Subsidiaries on
          Indebtedness for such period computed on a consistent basis plus cash
          dividends paid on preferred stock to persons other than CBS and its
          Wholly Owned Subsidiaries but excluding the gross cash interest
          expense of the Discontinued Operations for such period.

          (d) The definition of the term "Consolidated Total Funded
Indebtedness" in Section 1.1 of the Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced in
its entirety by the following new definition:

          "Consolidated Total Funded Indebtedness" shall mean Indebtedness.

          (e) The definition of the term "Indebtedness" in Section 1.1 of the
Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety by the following new
definition:

          "Indebtedness" of any Person shall mean at any date, without
          duplication, (i) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money
          (including, without limitation, in the case of the Borrower, the
          obligations of the Borrower for borrowed money under this Agreement),
          (ii) all obligations of
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          such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar
          instruments, (iii) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred
          purchase price of Property or services, except as provided below, (iv)
          all obligations of such Person as lessee under Capital Lease
          Obligations, (v) all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any
          Property of such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed
          by such Person, (vi) all Indebtedness of others directly or indirectly
          guaranteed or otherwise assumed by such Person, including any
          obligations of others endorsed (otherwise than for collection or
          deposit in the ordinary course of business) or discounted or sold with
          recourse by such Person, or in respect of which such Person is
          otherwise directly or indirectly liable, including, without
          limitation, any Indebtedness in effect guaranteed by such Person
          through any agreement (contingent or otherwise) to purchase,
          repurchase or otherwise acquire such obligation or any security
          therefor, or to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such
          obligation, or to maintain the solvency or any balance sheet or
          other financial condition of the obligor of such obligation, provided
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          that Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall not
          include guarantees of Indebtedness that are identified on Schedule
          1.1(a) hereto, (vii) all obligations of such Person as issuer,
          customer or account party under letters of credit or bankers'
          acceptances that are either drawn or that back financial obligations
          that would otherwise be Indebtedness; provided, however, that in each
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          of the foregoing clauses (i) through (vii) Indebtedness shall not
          include (a) obligations of CBS and its Subsidiaries in connection with
          Discontinued Operations and (b) obligations (other than under this
          Agreement or the Amended and Restated Viacom International Inc. Credit
          Agreement, dated as of March 26, 1997, among Viacom International
          Inc., the banks parties thereto, The Bank of New York, Citibank, N.A.,
          Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Bank of America NT&SA and
          The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Managing Agents, The Bank of New York, as
          Documentation Agent, Citibank, N.A., as the Administrative Agent, JP
          Morgan Securities Inc.
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          and Bank of America NT&SA, as the Syndication Agents, the banks
          identified as Agents on the signature pages thereof, as Agents, and
          the banks identified as Co-agents on the signature pages thereof, as
          Co-Agents) specifically with respect to the production, distribution
          and acquisition of motion pictures or other programming rights, talent
          or publishing rights.

          (f) The definition of the term "Indebtedness for Borrowed Money" in
Section 1.1 of the Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety by
the following new definition:

          "Indebtedness for Borrowed Money" shall mean Indebtedness of the type
          described in clause (i) or (ii) of the definition of "Indebtedness."

          (g) The definition of the term "Lien" in Section 1.1 of the Agreement
is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety by the following new definition:

          "Lien" shall mean any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation,
          assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or
          other), security interest or preference, priority or other security
          agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature
          whatsoever, including, without limitation, any conditional sale or
          other title retention agreement.

          (h) Section 1.1 of the Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the
following definition for the term "New Infinity Credit Agreements" in the
appropriate alphabetical order:

          "New Infinity Credit Agreements" shall mean the 364-Day Credit
          Agreement and the Five-Year Credit Agreement among Infinity, the
          Subsidiary Borrowers (as defined therein) parties thereto, the lenders
          named therein, Bank of America, N.A. and FleetBoston, as syndication
          agents, The Bank of New York, as documentation agent and The Chase
          Manhattan Bank as administrative agent, as amended, supplemented or
          otherwise modified from time to time.
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          (i) The definition of the term "Sale/Leaseback" in Section 1.1 of the
Agreement is hereby deleted.

          (j) The definition of the term "Sale/Leaseback Attributable Debt" in
Section 1.1 of the Agreement is hereby deleted.

          (k) Section 5.1 of the Agreement is hereby amended:

          (i) by substituting the words "within 60 days" for the words "within
     55 days" in the first sentence of Section 5.1(a); and

          (ii) by substituting the words "within 120 days" for the words "within
     105 days" in the first sentence of Section 5.1(b).

          (l) Section 5.5 of the Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced in its
entirety by the following:

          Section 5.5 Limitation on Liens.  The Borrower shall not, directly or
          indirectly, create or suffer to exist, or permit any of its Material
          Subsidiaries to create or suffer to exist, any Lien upon or with
          respect to any of its Properties, whether now owned or hereafter
          acquired, or assign, or permit any of its Material Subsidiaries to
          assign, any right to receive income, in each case to secure or provide
          for the payment of any Indebtedness of any Person, except:

               (i) purchase money Liens or purchase money security interests
          upon or in any Property acquired or held by the Borrower or any
          Material Subsidiary of the Borrower in the ordinary course of business
          to secure the purchase price of such Property or to secure
          Indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing the
          acquisition of such Property;

            (ii) Liens existing on Property at the time of its acquisition
          (other than any such Lien created in contemplation of such
          acquisition);

            (iii) Liens on Property of Persons which become Material
          Subsidiaries after the Original Closing
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          Date securing Indebtedness existing, with respect to any such Person,
          on the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary (other than any such Lien
          created in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary);

                 (iv) Liens on Property of Persons which become Material
          Subsidiaries after the Original Closing Date securing Indebtedness
          incurred by such Person after the date such Person becomes a
          Subsidiary; provided, however, that the aggregate principal amount of
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          Indebtedness referred to in this clause (iv) secured by Liens shall
          not exceed $30,000,000 at any time outstanding; and

               (v) any Lien securing the renewal, extension or refunding of any
          Indebtedness secured by any Lien permitted by clause (i), (ii), (iii)
          or (iv) above.

          (m) Section 5.6 of the Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced in its
entirety by the following:

          SECTION 5.6.  Limitation on Subsidiary Indebtedness.  CBS will not
          permit any of its Subsidiaries to create, incur, assume or suffer to
          exist any Indebtedness for Borrowed Money (which includes, for the
          purposes of this Section 5.6, any preferred stock), except (i)
          Indebtedness for Borrowed Money of CBS Broadcasting Inc. outstanding
          on the Original Closing Date and in the approximate amounts set forth
          on Schedule 5.6 (but not any refinancing, refunding or other
          replacement thereof), (ii) Excluded Indebtedness, (iii) Leveraged
          Spin-Off Indebtedness, (iv) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary Borrower
          under this Agreement, (v) Indebtedness for Borrowed Money incurred on
          any date when, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal
          amount of Indebtedness for Borrowed Money incurred pursuant to this
          clause (v) that is outstanding on such date (it being understood that,
          for the purposes of this clause (v), the term "Indebtedness" does not
          include borrowings under this Agreement or Excluded Indebtedness) does
          not exceed consolidated EBITDA of Infinity and its consolidated
          Subsidiaries (determined in a manner
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          comparable to that set forth in the definition of "Consolidated
          EBITDA") for the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal
          quarters for which the relevant financial information is available
          less, in the case of any such Indebtedness for Borrowed Money incurred
          by Infinity or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries, the then actual
          aggregate outstanding balances of Indebtedness for Borrowed Money
          incurred pursuant to this clause (v) by Subsidiaries other than
          Infinity and its consolidated Subsidiaries, provided that the
          aggregate outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness for Borrowed
          Money incurred pursuant to this clause (v) by Subsidiaries other than
          Infinity and its consolidated Subsidiaries shall not exceed
          $800,000,000 at any time,(vi) Indebtedness for Borrowed Money of
          Infinity and its Subsidiaries under the Infinity Credit Agreement up
          to an aggregate principal amount of $1,500,000,000 and the New
          Infinity Credit Agreements up to an aggregate principal amount of
          $2,000,000,000,(vii) unsecured Indebtedness for Borrowed Money
          incurred by Blockbuster Inc. and (viii) Indebtedness for Borrowed
          Money of Viacom International Inc. outstanding on the Original Closing
          Date and in the approximate amounts set forth on Schedule 5.6(a) (but
          not any refinancing, refunding or other replacement thereof).

          (n) Section 5.7 of the Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the
table contained therein with the following table:

          Date                        Ratio
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          12/31/99 and thereafter     4.00 to 1

          (o) Section 5.8 of the Agreement is hereby amended by substituting
"2.25" for "3:00" therein.

          (p) Section 5.9 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and
Sections 5.10 and 5.11 are hereby renumbered as Sections 5.9 and 5.10,
respectively.

          (q) Section 5.12 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety.
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          SECTION 2. Guarantee.  CBS shall cause Viacom International Inc. to
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execute a guarantee substantially in the form attached as Annex A hereto.

          SECTION 3. Conditions to Effectiveness.  This  Amendment shall become
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effective as of the date of the consummation of the merger of CBS and Viacom
Inc. pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of September 6, 1999,
as amended and restated as of October 8, 1999 and as of November 23, 1999, by
and among CBS, Viacom Inc. and Viacom/CBS LLC; provided that Sections 1(m) and
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1(q) of this Amendment, shall become effective as of the date on which the
Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Amendment that,
when taken together, bear the signatures of the Borrower and the Required
Lenders under the Agreement.

          Except as expressly set forth above, all the provisions of the
Agreement are hereby ratified and confirmed by all the parties and shall remain
in full force and effect.  All references in the Agreement to "this Agreement"
shall be read as references to the Agreement, as amended by this Amendment.

          SECTION 4. Counterparts.  This Amendment may be executed in two or
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more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement.

          SECTION 5. Applicable Law.  This Amendment shall be construed in
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accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York applicable to
agreements made within such State, without regard to conflicts of law provisions
and principles of such State.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto have executed this
Amendment as of the date first above written.


                              CBS CORPORATION,

                                by
                                  /s/ Farid Suleman
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                                 Name:  Farid Suleman
                                 Title: Sr. Vice President, Finance
                                        Treasurer
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                              MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, as
                              Administrative Agent,

                                by
                                  /s/ Dennis Wilczek
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                                 Name:  Dennis Wilczek
                                 Title: Associate


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