SAN FRANCISCO, March 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Visa Inc. (NYSE: V)
announced today that the underwriters of its initial public offering exercised
their over-allotment option to purchase an additional 40,600,000 shares of its
Class A common stock at $44.00 per share. The option was granted in
connection with the company's initial public offering of 406,000,000 shares of
its Class A common stock, which priced on March 18, 2008. Visa expects net
proceeds from the offering, including the exercise of the over-allotment
option, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated
offering expenses, to be approximately $19.1 billion.
Visa Inc. is a global company with operating regions in Asia-Pacific;
Canada; Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa; Latin America and
Caribbean; and the USA. Visa Europe is and will remain a member-owned
association and a separate entity that is an exclusive licensee of Visa Inc.'s
trademarks and technology in the European region.
JPMorgan, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Banc of America Securities LLC, Citi,
HSBC, Merrill Lynch & Co., UBS Investment Bank and Wachovia Securities are
acting as joint bookrunners with respect to the offering. The shares of Class
A common stock are being offered only by means of a prospectus. Copies of the
final prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained for free by visiting
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Web site at http://www.sec.gov.
Alternatively, you may obtain a copy of the final prospectus by contacting:
- J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., National Statement Processing, Prospectus
Library, 4 Chase Metrotech Center, CS Level, Brooklyn, NY 11245,
telephone +1 718 242 8002, facsimile +1 718 242 8003
- Goldman, Sachs & Co., Attention: Prospectus Department, 85 Broad
Street, New York, NY 10004, facsimile +1 212 902 9316, e-mail
prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com.
- Banc of America Securities LLC, 100 W. 33rd Street, 3rd Floor, New
York, NY 10001, telephone +1 646 733 4166, e-mail
dg.prospectus_distribution@bofasecurities.com
- Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Brooklyn Army Terminal, 140 58th Street,
8th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11220, telephone +1 718 765 6732
- HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Equity Syndicate Desk, 452 Fifth Ave., 3rd
Floor, New York, NY 10018, telephone +1 212 525 5000
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Attention:
Prospectus Department, 4 World Financial Center, 5th Floor, New York,
NY 10080, telephone +1 212 449 1000
- UBS Securities LLC, Prospectus Department, 299 Park Avenue, New York,
NY 10171, telephone +1 212 821 3884
- Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, 375 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10152,
e-mail equity.syndicate@wachovia.com
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation
of an offer to buy Class A common stock of Visa Inc., nor shall there be any
sale of these securities, in any state or 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 jurisdiction.
About Visa: Visa Inc. operates the world's largest retail electronic
payments network providing processing services and payment product platforms.
This includes consumer credit, debit, prepaid and commercial payments, which
are offered under the Visa, Visa Electron, Interlink and PLUS brands. Visa
enjoys acceptance around the world and Visa/PLUS is one of the world's largest
global ATM networks, offering cash access in local currency in more than 170
countries.
Contacts:
Sandra Chu, Media Relations
Visa Inc.
Tel: +1 415 932 2564
E-mail: globalmedia@visa.com
Victoria Hyde-Dunn, Investor Relations
Visa Inc.
Tel: +1 415 932 2119
E-mail: vhydedun@visa.com
SOURCE Visa Inc.
CONTACT: Sandra Chu, Media Relations,
+1-415-932-2564,
globalmedia@visa.com, or
Victoria Hyde-Dunn, Investor Relations,
+1-415-932-2119,
vhydedun@visa.com,
both of Visa Inc.