Free Writing Prospectus

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus

Dated January 7, 2015

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration Statement No. 333-199956

CBS CORPORATION

CBS OPERATIONS INC.

FINAL TERM SHEET

 

Issuer:    CBS Corporation
Guarantor:    CBS Operations Inc.
Securities Offered:    3.50% Senior Notes due 2025    4.60% Senior Notes due 2045
Size:    $600,000,000    $600,000,000
Maturity:    January 15, 2025    January 15, 2045
Coupon:    3.50%    4.60%
Yield to Maturity:    3.616%    4.681%
Spread to Benchmark Treasury:    T+165 bps    T+215 bps
Benchmark Treasury:   

UST 2.250% due

November 15, 2024

  

UST 3.125% due

August 15, 2044

Benchmark Treasury Price and Yield:    102-17; 1.966%    112-10+; 2.531%
Price to Public:    99.033% of face amount    98.701% of face amount
Price to CBS:    98.583% of face amount    97.826% of face amount
Interest Payment Dates:   

Semi annually on January 15 and

July 15 commencing

July 15, 2015

  

Semi annually on January 15 and

July 15 commencing

July 15, 2015

Redemption Provisions:      
Make-Whole Call:   

Greater of 100% or T+25 bps

(at any time prior to

October 15, 2024)

  

Greater of 100% or T+35 bps

(at any time prior to

July 15, 2044)

Par Call:   

At any time on or after

October 15, 2024

  

At any time on or after

July 15, 2044

Change of Control:    Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event, we will be required to make an offer to purchase the notes at a price equal to 101% of their principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of repurchase
Trade Date:    January 7, 2015
Settlement Date:    January 12, 2015 (T+3)
Denominations:    Minimum of $2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000
CUSIP:    124857 AP8    124857 AN3
Ratings:*   

Moody’s Investors Service: Baa2

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services: BBB

Fitch Ratings: BBB


Trustee:    Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
Joint Book-Running Managers:   

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Mizuho Securities USA Inc.

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

Co-Managers:   

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

TD Securities (USA) LLC

BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC

Lloyds Securities Inc.

Drexel Hamilton, LLC

Lebenthal & Co., LLC

Loop Capital Markets LLC

Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc.

The Williams Capital Group, L.P.

 

* Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.

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