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- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ------------------ SCHEDULE 14D-1 TENDER OFFER STATEMENT (AMENDMENT NO. 48) PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(D)(1) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 AND SCHEDULE 13D (AMENDMENT NO. 49) UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 PARAMOUNT COMMUNICATIONS INC. (Name of Subject Company) VIACOM INC. NATIONAL AMUSEMENTS, INC. SUMNER M. REDSTONE BLOCKBUSTER ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION (Bidder) COMMON STOCK, $1.00 PAR VALUE (Title of Class of Securities) 699216 10 7 (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities) PHILIPPE P. DAUMAN, ESQ. VIACOM INC. 1515 BROADWAY NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10036 TELEPHONE: (212) 258-6000 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Bidder) COPIES TO: STEPHEN R. VOLK, ESQ. SHEARMAN & STERLING 599 LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022 TEL.: (212) 848-4000 ROGER S. AARON, ESQ. SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM 919 THIRD AVENUE NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022 TEL.: (212) 735-3000 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 1 of Pages Exhibit Index on PageThis Amendment No. 48 to the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule 14D-1 and Amendment No. 49 to Schedule 13D (the "Statement") relates to the offer by Viacom Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Purchaser"), to purchase shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Shares"), of Paramount Communications Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), at a price of $107 per Share, net to the seller in cash, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Purchaser's Offer to Purchase dated October 25, 1993 (the "Offer to Purchase"), a copy of which was attached as Exhibit (a)(1) to Amendment No. 1, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on October 26, 1993, to the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule 14D-1 filed with the Commission on October 25, 1993 (the "Schedule 14D-1"), as supplemented by the Supplement thereto dated November 8, 1993 (the "First Supplement"), the Second Supplement thereto dated January 7, 1994 (the "Second Supplement"), the Third Supplement thereto dated January 18, 1994 (the "Third Supplement") and the Fourth Supplement thereto dated February 1, 1994 (the "Fourth Supplement") and in the related Letters of Transmittal. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Offer to Purchase, the First Supplement, the Second Supplement, the Third Supplement, the Fourth Supplement and the Schedule 14D-1. ITEM 10. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. Item 10(b) is hereby amended and supplemented as follows: On March 8, 1994, Purchaser's Long-Form Application for its acquisition of the Company was approved by the FCC. A copy of the press release relating to the foregoing is filed as Exhibit (a)(104) to the Schedule 14D-1 and is incorporated herein by reference. ITEM 11. MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS. Item 11 is hereby amended and supplemented to add the following Exhibit: 99(a)(104) Press Release issued by Purchaser on March 8, 1994. SIGNATURE After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this Statement is true, complete and correct. March 9, 1994 VIACOM INC. By /s/ PHILIPPE P. DAUMAN ................................... Philippe P. Dauman Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary * ................................... Sumner M. Redstone, Individually NATIONAL AMUSEMENTS, INC. By * ................................... Sumner M. Redstone Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President *By /s/ PHILIPPE P. DAUMAN ................................... Philippe P. Dauman Attorney-in-Fact under Powers of Attorney filed as Exhibit (a)(36) to the Schedule 14D-1 SIGNATURE After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this Statement is true, complete and correct. March 9, 1994 BLOCKBUSTER ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION By /s/ STEVEN R. BERRARD ................................... Steven R. Berrard President and Chief Operating Officer EXHIBIT INDEX PAGE IN SEQUENTIAL EXHIBIT NUMBERING NO. SYSTEM - ------- ---------- 99(a)(104) Press Release issued by Purchaser on March 8, 1994.
VIACOM RECEIVES FCC LONG-FORM APPROVAL
New York, New York, March 8, 1994 -- Viacom (ASE: VIA and VIAB)
announced today that it has received FCC long-form approval
for its acquisition of Paramount Communications Inc. (NYSE:
PCI). Viacom said that the FCC approval would permit it to
assume direct control of Paramount. As previously announced,
on March 2, 1994, Viacom accepted for payment pursuant to its
tender offer approximately 50.1% of the outstanding shares
of Paramount and expects to purchase such shares on March 11, 1994.
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