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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 $50.00 principal amount of bonds will be between 1.8116 and 2.1739, depending on the market value of The Nielsen Companyโs common stock, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments.
Na oferta pรบblica inicial, a The Nielsen Company venderรก 71.428.572 aรงรตes ordinรกrias. Os subscritores da IPO tรชm uma opรงรฃo de 30 dias para comprar atรฉ 10.714.286 aรงรตes ordinรกrias adicionais da The Nielsen Company pelo preรงo da oferta pรบblica inicial menos o desconto de subscriรงรฃo. Na oferta de tรญtulos, a The Nielsen Company venderรก um valor principal agregado de US$ 250 milhรตes em tรญtulos. Os subscritores da oferta de tรญtulos tรชm uma opรงรฃo de 30 dias para comprar atรฉ US$ 37,5 milhรตes adicionais em valor principal agregado de tรญtulos da The Nielsen Company ao preรงo da oferta pรบblica inicial, menos o desconto de subscriรงรฃo.
A Nielsen Company receberรก recursos lรญquidos de aproximadamente US$ 1.560 milhรตes da oferta pรบblica inicial de suas aรงรตes ordinรกrias e de aproximadamente US$ 240 milhรตes da oferta de tรญtulos apรณs o pagamento de comissรตes e despesas estimadas. A The Nielsen Company pretende usar os recursos para quitar uma parte de sua dรญvida pendente e pagar uma taxa de rescisรฃo do contrato de consultoria aos seus atuais proprietรกrios.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.
