NEW YORK -- (Business Wire)
Nielsen N.V. (NYSE:NLSN), (the “Company”) a leading global provider of
information and insights into what consumers watch and buy, today
announced that Valcon Acquisition Holding (Luxembourg) S.à r.l. (the
“Selling Shareholder”) intends to offer for sale in an underwritten
secondary offering 20,000,000 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
3,000,000 shares. The shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholder are
attributable to affiliates of The Blackstone Group, Thomas H. Lee
Partners, Hellman & Friedman and AlpInvest Partners. The last reported
sale price of the Company’s common stock on December 10, 2014 was $43.77
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 information and measurement
company with leading market positions in marketing and consumer
information, television and other media measurement, online intelligence
and mobile measurement. Nielsen has a presence in approximately 100
countries, with headquarters in New York, USA and Diemen, the
Netherlands. For more information, visit www.nielsen.com.
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Contacts:
Nielsen N.V.
Investor Relations:
Kate Vanek,
1-646-654-4593
or
Media Relations:
Andrew
McCaskill, 1-646-654-5577
Source: Nielsen N.V.
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