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Simpson Thacher Represents Nielsen in Debt Refinancing Transactions

05.01.14

Simpson Thacher represented subsidiaries of The Nielsen Company B.V. in connection with their refinancing of $3.1 billion of term loan facilities and a $575.0 million revolving credit facility.  As part of the refinancing, the firm represented Nielsen in connection with the issuance of $750 million aggregate principal amount of 5.000% Senior Notes due 2022 in an offering conducted in reliance upon Rule 144A and Regulation S.

The Nielsen Company 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.

The Simpson Thacher team included Joe Kaufman, Jeremy Barr, Rodrigo Surcan dos Santos and Chan-young Yang (Capital Markets), James Cross and Matthew Stichinsky (Banking and Credit) and Jonathan Cantor and Andrew Purcell (Tax).