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That is why Martin Wall Street Journal peers is one of my favorite business journalists covering the mainstream media. “This is why we love writing about crazy old coot is Viacom. The company said it intends to further reduce its ownership, which is now 6% to 8% from 10.6% of Viacom, and 5% and 7% from 10.5% for CBS. He said that last year he did” not intend to sell a stock than the shares of Viacom and CBS. Because you can not predict from one point to another that the 86-year-old Redstone is going to do especially since he was so excessively leveraged. But finally, is helping to pay National Amusements’ 1.46 billion U.S. dollars to his family business of debt and the holding in most of its chain of cinemas, theaters, except for the sale of 35 cinemas U.S. outside its core business in the northeast. “As a result of our actions, National Amusements will be out of debt with creditors and will continue to control their most important assets,” Redstone said in the statement todayHe wrote today, “Sumner Redstone is true to his word. National Recreation crisis and an upfront payment of $ 500M debt later this month, so the company said today it plans to sell about $ 600 million worth of stock in Viacom and $ 345 million shares of CBS, along with some core assets to pay its creditors. – Download all the non-voting shares and voting to some of the action both Viacom and CBS, as share prices have doubled in recent months after hitting the rock bottom prices in the worst financial . On Wednesday it said it was selling not one, but maybe a combined 50 million shares in both. It is even safe for now see the opportunity in the strongest stock market – the Dow hit 10,000 today!
I disagree with their peers, however, regarding his suggestion that Redstone should start downloading valuable portfolio of Viacom’s cable channels now in a fire sale. In any case, he must find a way to bring back all assets under one roof – MTV Networks, CBS, Paramount, Nickelodeon, Showtime – and thus gain influence as DirecTV, Comcast, and telecommunications companies be even bigger and more powerful. No way, no how. (Remember that the battle was in bitchslap Viacom to Time Warner Cable last year?) Have to align a recombinant Viacom / CBS Inc with strategic partner at this time. For the record, here is the announcement
The share sale and asset disposals will allow the virus to be not only to maintain control of both CBS and Viacom, but also to retain full ownership of all assets in theater in the United Kingdom and Brazil and its main assets theater in the United StatesAnnouncement of National Amusements Norwood, Mass. – (BUSINESS WIRE) – National Amusements, Inc. (“NAI”) announced today that sales eventually signed, a part of CBS Corporation and Viacom Inc. shares shares owned avian influenza, and advance sale of certain noncore assets, NAI will be able to pay all your existing creditors in full.
The proceeds of this sale, with proceeds from asset divestitures will be provided to existing creditors in accordance with the credit documents. NAI expects to receive revenues of approximately $ 600 million in Viacom stock offering and approximately $ 345 million in the offering of the shares of CBS, assuming the full exercise of ‘over-allotment option subscribers. NAI has no intention of further reducing their levels of participation in CBS and Viacom and maintain over 75% of the voting control of each company after giving effect to the offersViacom and CBS have filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission that allows the virus to be on sale in concurrent deals signed, part of Viacom and CBS shares owned by NAI.
“As a result of our actions, National Amusements will be out of debt with existing creditors and even manage their most important assets,’’said Sumner Redstone, chairman and CEO of National Amusements.” Similarly, with leading positions in major national and international markets, National Amusements theaters are pending and long-term prospects in the short term.We believe in the long term a significant value Viacom and CBS Corporation, which are well positioned for growth in this economic environment improves.
A world leader in the industry of motion picture exhibition, the assets of National Amusements, Inc. includes more than 1,500 movie screens in the U.S., UK, Latin America and Russia, a real estate portfolio, a partnership in the sale of tickets online service, MovieTickets.com, and controlling interest in the shares of Viacom Inc. and CBS Corporation. Headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts, National Amusements is a closely held company controlled by Sumner M. Redstone