NEW YORK -- (Business Wire)
Nielsen N.V. (NYSE:NLSN), (the “Company”) today announced that Valcon
Acquisition Holding (Luxembourg) S.à r.l. (the “Selling Shareholder”)
intends to offer for sale in an underwritten secondary offering
8,000,000 shares of its common stock pursuant to the Company’s shelf
registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. In addition, the Selling Shareholder will grant the
underwriter of the offering an option to purchase an additional
1,200,000 shares. The shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholder are
attributable to affiliates of The Carlyle Group and Kohlberg Kravis
Roberts & Co. The last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock
on February 27, 2015 was $45.21 per share.
Citigroup will act as underwriter for the offering.
The Company has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus)
with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates.
Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration
statement and other documents the Company has filed with the SEC for
more complete information about the Company and this offering. You may
obtain these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site
at: www.sec.gov.
Alternatively, copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying
prospectus relating to the offering, when available, may be obtained
from:
Citigroup
c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions
1155 Long Island
Avenue
Edgewood, NY 11717
Tel: 800-831-9146
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.
About Nielsen
Nielsen N.V. (NYSE: NLSN) is a global performance management company
that provides a comprehensive understanding of what consumers Watch and
Buy. Nielsen’s Watch segment provides media and advertising clients with
Total Audience measurement services across all devices where content —
video, audio and text — is consumed. The Buy segment offers consumer
packaged goods manufacturers and retailers the industry’s only global
view of retail performance measurement. By integrating information from
its Watch and Buy segments and other data sources, Nielsen provides its
clients with both world-class measurement as well as analytics that help
improve performance. Nielsen, an S&P 500 company, has operations in over
100 countries that cover more than 90 percent of the world’s population.
For more information, visit www.nielsen.com.
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competitors, technological developments, as well as legal and regulatory
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Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission). This
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statements only speak as of the date of this press release, and we
assume no obligation to update any written or oral forward-looking
statement made by us or on our behalf as a result of new information,
future events, or other factors.
Contacts:
Nielsen N.V.
Investor Relations:
Kate Vanek, +1 646 654 4593
or
Media
Relations:
Laura Nelson, +1 203 563 2929
Source: Nielsen N.V.
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