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CBS Inc. Registered Bonds Transition Certificates

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CBS Inc. Registered Bonds Transition Certificates

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Auction Date:2007 Feb 01 @ 10:00 (UTC-4 : AST/EDT)
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NY. 1985-1990. Specimen. 5 different registered bonds. All have allegorical woman on left with hand held out and atom and electron representation on her fingertip. 1)-4) Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. (transition certificates with red "Name Changed to CBS, Inc." overprinted in middle). All are 7.85% Debentures Due 2001. $ odd, red; $1,000, orange; $5,000, green; $10,000, blue. All with facsimile signature of William S. Paley as Chairman of the Board. 5) CBS Inc., 14 1/2% Note due 1992. $ odd, orange. Facsimile signature of Thomas Wyman as President. These are transition bonds from the mid 1980's when Ted Turner of Turner Broadcasting System (TBS), announced his intentions to take over CBS. In order to prevent this, CBS swallowed a $954.8 million posion pill by purchasing 21 precent of its own outstanding stock. Following a power struggle between Tisch and Wyman, who continued to serve as president of CBS, William S. Paley returned as chairman of the board and Wyman was forced to resign. Rare certificates from this historic company documenting a tumultuos tmie period in its history. ABNC. XF.