| NATIONAL AMUSEMENTS AGAIN UPS VIACOM <VIA> BID | |
| Viacom International Inc said <National | |
| Amusements Inc> has again raised the value of its offer for | |
| Viacom's publicly held stock. | |
| The company said the special committee of its board plans | |
| to meet later today to consider this offer and the one | |
| submitted March one by <MCV Holdings Inc>. | |
| A spokeswoman was unable to say if the committee met as | |
| planned yesterday. | |
| Viacom said National Amusements' Arsenal Holdings Inc | |
| subsidiary has raised the amount of cash it is offering for | |
| each Viacom share by 75 cts to 42.75 dlrs while the value of | |
| the fraction of a share of exchangeable Arsenal Holdings | |
| preferred to be included was raised 25 cts to 7.75 dlrs. | |
| National Amusements already owns 19.6 pct of Viacom's stock. | |