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ViacomCBS Inc. – ‘8-K’ for 3/27/20

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 4/01/20  ViacomCBS Inc.                    8-K:8,9     3/27/20   15:516K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA

Current Report   —   Form 8-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM  i 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  i March 27, 2020

 

 i VIACOMCBS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 i Delaware

 

 i 001-09553

 

 i 04-2949533

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

 i 1515 Broadway

 i New York,  i New York

 i 10036

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: ( i 212)  i 258-6000

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 i  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 i  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 i  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 i  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbols

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

 i Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value

 

 i VIACA

 

 i The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 i Class B Common Stock, $0.001 par value

 

 i VIAC

 

 i The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company   i 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  

 

 


Item 8.01 Other Events.

On March 27, 2020, ViacomCBS Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the Underwriting Agreement) with BofA Securities, Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as representatives of the underwriters named in Schedule 1 thereto (collectively, the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell $1,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.750% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “2025 Notes”) and $1,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.950% Senior Notes due 2031 (the “2031 Notes” and, together with the 2025 Notes, the “Notes”).

The Notes were issued and sold on April 1, 2020 pursuant to the Company’s automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 dated March 27, 2020 (No. 333-237426) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Registration Statement”). The Company is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission certain documents related to the issuance of the Notes, each of which by this filing is hereby incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement.

The Notes are governed by the Indenture, dated as of March 27, 2020, between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee.

The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Underwriting Agreement, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 1.1. The Form of 2025 Note and Form of 2031 Note are filed herewith as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2, respectively. The legal opinion relating to the validity of the Notes is filed herewith as Exhibit 5.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K:

Exhibit
Number

   

Description of Exhibit

         
 

1.1

   

Underwriting Agreement dated March 27, 2020, among ViacomCBS Inc., BofA Securities, Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as representatives of the underwriters named in Schedule 1 thereto.

         
 

4.1

   

Form of 2025 Note.

         
 

4.2

   

Form of 2031 Note.

         
 

5.1

   

Opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP regarding the validity of the Notes.

         
 

23.1

   

Consent of Shearman & Sterling LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

         
 

104

   

Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

VIACOMCBS INC.

 

(Registrant)

         

 

By:

 

/s/ Christa A. D’Alimonte

 

 

Name:

 

Christa A. D’Alimonte

 

 

Title:

 

Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary

Date April 1, 2020


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