CBS Directors' Revised Suit Targets Bylaw Changes

  • Board files new complaint decrying changes as ‘inequitable’
  • CBS, Redstones in control fight over U.S. most-watched network

Why the CBS-Redstone Lawsuit Is Such a Significant M&A Milestone

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CBS Corp. challenged a Redstone family corporate bylaw change aimed at blocking the board’s move to wrest control from them amid a struggle over a merger of the media company with Viacom Inc.

Board members contend the bylaw changes, which require 90 percent of directors to have approved a stock-dilution plan, should be thrown out, according to a revised version of the suit filed in Delaware Chancery Court Wednesday. A majority of the board approved the stock proposal May 18.