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Nielsen Holdings acquisitions, on the record

The businesses Nielsen Holdings bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

BusinessDealWhenValue
Gracenote Inc., Gracenote Canada, Inc., Gracenote Netherlands Holdings B.V., Tribune Digital Ventures, LLC, and Tribune International Holdco, LLC
Word for word“On February 1, 2017 , Nielsen completed the acquisition of Gracenote Inc., Gracenote Canada, Inc., Gracenote Netherlands Holdings B.V., Tribune Digital Ventures, LLC, and Tribune International Holdco, LLC (each, a “Gracenote Company” and together “Gracenote”) through the purchase of 100 % of Gracenote’s outstanding common stock for a total purchase price of $ 585 million.” 10-K for 2019
acquisitionFebruary 1, 2017$ 585 million
Acquisitions in 2019 (current period acquisitions, unnamed)
Word for word“For the year ended December 31, 2019, we paid cash consideration of $61 million associated with current period acquisitions, net of cash acquired.” 10-K for 2019
acquisitionFor the year ended December 31, 2019—
Acquisitions in 2018 (unnamed)
Word for word“For the year ended December 31, 2018, we paid cash consideration of $43 million associated with both current period and previously executed acquisitions, net of cash acquired.” 10-K for 2019
acquisitionFor the year ended December 31, 2018—
Connect business (potential sale, not completed)
Word for word“In connection with our strategic review, we considered various alternatives for us including the potential sale of the Connect business.” 10-K for 2019
divestiture——
Global Connect business
Word for word“Risks Related to the Pending Sale of our Connect Business Our pending sale of the Global Connect business to affiliates of Advent International Corporation is subject to conditions, including certain conditions that may not be satisfied or completed on a timely basis, if at all.” 10-K for 2020
agreed divestiture——
Precima
Word for word“Revenues from Predict/Activate decreased 4.5% to $856 million, or a decrease of 3.4% on a constant currency basis, reflecting the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in custom insights, partially offset by the January 2020 acquisition of Precima .” 10-K for 2020
acquisitionJanuary 2020—
Acquisitions of subsidiaries and affiliates (2020 current period acquisitions)
Word for word“For the year ended December 31, 2020, Nielsen paid cash consideration of $ 30 million associated with current period acquisitions, net of cash acquired.” 10-K for 2020
acquisitionFor the year ended December 31, 2020—
Acquisitions of subsidiaries and affiliates (2019 current period acquisitions)
Word for word“For the year ended December 31, 2019, Nielsen paid cash consideration of $ 61 million associated with current period acquisitions, net of cash acquired.” 10-K for 2020
acquisitionFor the year ended December 31, 2019—
Acquisitions of subsidiaries and affiliates (2018 current period acquisitions)
Word for word“For the year ended December 31, 2018, Nielsen paid cash consideration of $ 43 million associated with current period acquisitions, net of cash acquired.” 10-K for 2020
acquisitionFor the year ended December 31, 2018—
Global Connect
Word for word“Pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, Purchaser acquired Global Connect by means of a sale of the equity interests of certain subsidiaries held by us, which operate Global Connect, for $2.7 billion in cash, subject to adjustments based on closing levels of cash, indebtedness, debt-like items and working capital, and a warrant to purchase equity interests in the company that, following the sale, owns Global Connect (the “Connect Warrant”).”” 10-K for 2021
divestiture—$2.7 billion in cash

Deal filings since 2016

Read from Nielsen Holdings’s annual reports (10-K for 2021, 10-K for 2020, 10-K for 2019) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2022-02-28. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.