New secondary offering to return $958m to Nielsen investor

US — One of Nielsen’s main shareholders, Valcon Acquisition Holding, is planning to sell 20m shares of common stock in the research company, in a secondary offering.

At the last reported sale price yesterday, of $47.92 a share, the secondary offering will return $958.4m (excluding fees) for Valcon – the group formed by a consortium of private equity companies, which took Nielsen (then known as VNU) private in a $10bn deal in 2006.

Nielsen went public again in 2011. Secondary offerings followed in 2012 and 2013.

We hope you enjoyed this article.
Research Live is published by MRS.

The Market Research Society (MRS) exists to promote and protect the research sector, showcasing how research delivers impact for businesses and government.

Members of MRS enjoy many benefits including tailoured policy guidance, discounts on training and conferences, and access to member-only content.

For example, there's an archive of winning case studies from over a decade of MRS Awards.

Find out more about the benefits of joining MRS here.

0 Comments


Display name

Email

Join the discussion

Newsletter
Stay connected with the latest insights and trends...
Sign Up
Latest From MRS

Our latest training courses

Our new 2025 training programme is now launched as part of the development offered within the MRS Global Insight Academy

See all training

Specialist conferences

Our one-day conferences cover topics including CX and UX, Semiotics, B2B, Finance, AI and Leaders' Forums.

See all conferences

MRS reports on AI

MRS has published a three-part series on how generative AI is impacting the research sector, including synthetic respondents and challenges to adoption.

See the reports

Progress faster...
with MRS 
membership

Mentoring

CPD/recognition

Webinars

Codeline

Discounts