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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.
W ramach pierwszej oferty publicznej The Nielsen Company sprzeda 71 428 572 akcji zwykลych. Subemitenci IPO majฤ 30-dniowฤ opcjฤ zakupu do 10 714 286 dodatkowych akcji zwykลych od The Nielsen Company po cenie z pierwszej oferty publicznej pomniejszonej o dyskonto subemisyjne. W ramach oferty obligacji Nielsen Company sprzeda obligacje o ลฤ cznej wartoลci nominalnej 250 mln USD. Subemitenci oferty obligacji majฤ 30-dniowฤ opcjฤ zakupu do 37,5 mln USD ลฤ cznej kwoty gลรณwnej obligacji od The Nielsen Company po poczฤ tkowej cenie oferty publicznej pomniejszonej o dyskonto subemisyjne.
Nielsen Company uzyska wpลywy netto w wysokoลci okoลo 1 560 mln USD z pierwszej oferty publicznej swoich akcji zwykลych i okoลo 240 mln USD z oferty obligacji po opลaceniu prowizji i szacowanych kosztรณw. Nielsen Company zamierza przeznaczyฤ uzyskane ลrodki na spลatฤ czฤลci swojego zadลuลผenia oraz uiszczenie opลaty za rozwiฤ zanie umowy doradczej na rzecz swoich obecnych wลaลcicieli.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.
