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NEW YORK, NEW YORK, January 26, 2011โ Nielsen Holdings N.V. (โThe Nielsen Companyโ) announced today that it has priced its initial public offering of 71,428,572 shares of its common stock at $23.00 per share. The Nielsen Companyโs shares of common stock are expected to begin trading today, January 26, on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “NLSN.” The Nielsen Company has also priced its concurrent offering of $250 million in aggregate principal amount of mandatory convertible subordinated bonds (the โbondsโ), which will be mandatorily convertible into shares of The Nielsen Companyโs common stock on February 1, 2013.ย The bonds will bear interest at a rate of 6.25% per annum, and the conversion rate per $50.00 principal amount of bonds will be between 1.8116 and 2.1739, depending on the market value of The Nielsen Companyโs common stock, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments.
Im Rahmen des Bรถrsengangs wird The Nielsen Company 71.428.572 Stammaktien verkaufen. Die Konsortialbanken des Bรถrsengangs haben eine 30-tรคgige Option, bis zu 10.714.286 zusรคtzliche Stammaktien von The Nielsen Company zum Preis des Bรถrsengangs abzรผglich des Zeichnungsrabatts zu erwerben. Im Rahmen der Anleiheemission wird The Nielsen Company Anleihen mit einem Gesamtnennbetrag von 250 Millionen US-Dollar verkaufen. Die Zeichner der Anleihe haben die Mรถglichkeit, innerhalb von 30 Tagen weitere Anleihen im Gesamtwert von 37,5 Millionen Dollar von The Nielsen Company zum Erstausgabepreis abzรผglich des Zeichnungsrabatts zu erwerben.
Das Unternehmen Nielsen wird aus dem Bรถrsengang seiner Stammaktien einen Nettoerlรถs von ca. 1.560 Mio. US-Dollar und aus der Anleiheemission einen Nettoerlรถs von ca. 240 Mio. US-Dollar nach Zahlung von Provisionen und geschรคtzten Kosten erzielen. Das Nielsen-Unternehmen beabsichtigt, die Erlรถse zur Rรผckzahlung eines Teils seiner ausstehenden Schulden und zur Zahlung einer Gebรผhr fรผr die Beendigung des Beratungsvertrags an seine derzeitigen Eigentรผmer zu verwenden.ย
J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Securities, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Citi are serving as joint book-running managers for both offerings, with BofA Merrill Lynch, William Blair & Company, Guggenheim Securities, Wells Fargo Securities, Blaylock Robert Van, LLC, HSBC, Loop Capital Markets, Mizuho Securities USA Inc., Ramirez & Co., Inc. and The Williams Capital Group, L.P. are acting as co-managers.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities nor will there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction. Copies of the prospectuses may be obtained from: J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717, or by calling toll-free at 1-866-803-9204, or Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated; Attn: Prospectus Dept., 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10014, Email: prospectus@morganstanley.com, or by calling toll-free at 1-866-718-1649.
