UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): October 18, 2018

 

 

CBS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		001-09553		04-2949533
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification Number)

 

51 West 52nd Street, New York, New York		10019
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 975-4321

 

 

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Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b) On October 21, 2018, CBS Corporation (the “Company” or “CBS”) announced that Richard D. Parsons has resigned from the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), including his position as Interim Chairman of the Board, for health related reasons. Mr. Parsons’ resignation is effective October 21, 2018. The Company also announced that Strauss Zelnick assumed Mr. Parsons’ position as Interim Chairman of the Board. The appointment follows a unanimous decision by the Board on October 21, 2018.

A copy of the Company’s press release announcing the foregoing is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.

In addition, as previously reported, CBS appointed Christina Spade as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, effective October 18, 2018.    Effective on the same date, Joseph R. Ianniello, the Company’s President and Acting Chief Executive Officer, ceased to serve as the Company’s principal financial officer concurrently with Ms. Spade’s appointment to that position.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.    The following Exhibit is filed as part of this Report on Form 8-K:

 

Exhibit Number		Description of Exhibit
99		Press Release of CBS Corporation dated October 21, 2018

 

 

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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.

 

 

 

 

 

Date:    October 22, 2018

 

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