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Simpson Thacher Represents Nielsen in $800 Million Notes Offering

07.08.14

Simpson Thacher represented Nielsen Finance LLC and Nielsen Finance Co., indirect subsidiaries of The Nielsen Company B.V., in connection with their issuance of $800 million aggregate principal amount of 5.000% Senior Notes due 2022 in an offering conducted in reliance upon Rule 144A and Regulation S. The notes represent a further issuance of the 5.000% Senior Notes due 2022 that were issued on April 11, 2014. Nielsen intends to use the net proceeds of this offering to redeem the remaining $800 million outstanding of Nielsen’s 7.750% Senior Notes due 2018 and for general corporate purposes.

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, Rodrigo Surcan dos Santos, Chan-young Yang and Doug Brown (Capital Markets) and Jonathan Cantor and Andrew Purcell (Tax).