Nielsen Privatization Plan Gets Shareholder Approval

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In less than eight weeks, the dominant audience measurement and media consumption data specialist in the U.S. will no longer be a publicly traded company on the NYSE.


Following an August postponement to allow it to forge an agreement with major shareholder The WindAcre Partnership LLC, a court meeting and special meeting of Nielsen Holdings plc moved forward on September 1.

These events, with the court meeting held under the laws of England and Wales, proved to be fruitful, as Nielsen shareholders approved the company’s privatization plan, putting a closing date ever-closer to realization.

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