CBS announces preliminary results of CBS Outdoor exchange offer

CBS Corporation (CBS) announced that based on preliminary results, its previously announced offer to its shareholders to exchange their shares of CBS Class B common stock for up to 97M shares of CBS Outdoor Americas (CBSO) common stock that are owned by CBS was oversubscribed. The exchange offer expired at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on July 9. Under the terms of the exchange offer, 2.1689 shares of CBS Outdoor common stock will be exchanged for each share of CBS Class B common stock accepted in the exchange offer. CBS has accepted 44,723,131 of the tendered shares in exchange for 97M shares of CBS Outdoor common stock owned by CBS. CBS expects to announce the final proration factor promptly following the expiration of the guaranteed delivery period, which is expected to occur on July 14.