Nielsen Holdings N.V. announced that its indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries, Nielsen Finance LLC and Nielsen Finance Co., priced $800 million aggregate principal amount of 4.50% senior notes due 2020 in a private offering that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Notes are anticipated to be issued on October 2, 2012 and will mature on October 1, 2020 unless earlier redeemed or repurchased. Nielsen intends to apply the net proceeds of this private offering for the following purposes: redemption of Nielsen's 11.50% Senior Notes due 2016; prepayment of Nielsen's 8.50% senior secured term loan due 2017; and general corporate purposes (including capital expenditures and working capital). The Notes are being offered only to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and outside the United States, only to non-U.S. investors pursuant to Regulation S.

Nielsen Holdings N.V. announced that its indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries, Nielsen Finance LLC and Nielsen Finance Co., are proposing to issue $750 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2020 in a private offering that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Nielsen intends to apply the net proceeds of this private offering for these purposes: redemption of Nielsen's 11.50% Senior Notes due 2016; prepayment of Nielsen's 8.50% senior secured term loan due 2017; and general corporate purposes (including capital expenditures and working capital). The Notes are being offered only to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and outside the United States, only to non-U.S. investors pursuant to Regulations. The Notes will not be registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from, or a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.

Nielsen Finance LLC and Nielsen Finance Co. announced that they have extended their offer to exchange up to $1,080,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 7.75% Senior Notes due 2018 that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 for a like principal amount of the Issuers' outstanding unregistered 7.75% Senior Notes due 2018, to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Monday, August 29, 2011, unless further extended. The terms and conditions of the exchange offer are set forth in the Issuers' prospectus dated July 21, 2011. The exchange offer had been scheduled to expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on August 22, 2011. As of 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on August 22, 2011, the Issuers had been advised that $1,079,600,000 in aggregate principal amount, or 99.96%, of outstanding unregistered 7.75% Senior Notes due 2018 had been validly tendered to the exchange agent by the holders thereof.