UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 13, 2020
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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. | ||||
(e) On November 13, 2020, ViacomCBS Inc. (“ViacomCBS” or the “Company”) amended the CBS Combined Pension Plan, a qualified defined benefit pension plan (the “CCPP”), and the CBS Retirement Excess Pension Plan, an unfunded nonqualified defined benefit pension plan (together with the CCPP, the “Plans”), to freeze benefit accruals for all participants in the Plans, including any named executive officers, as of December 31, 2020.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| VIACOMCBS INC. | ||||||||
| By: | /s/ Christa A. D'Alimonte | |||||||
| Name: | Christa A. D'Alimonte | |||||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President, | |||||||
| General Counsel and Secretary | ||||||||
Date: November 19, 2020