Not for release, publication or distribution, in whole or in part, in or into Canada, Australia or Japan. This is a joint press release of VNU N.V. and Valcon Acquisition B.V. This announcement and related materials do not constitute an offer for any shares in VNU N.V.
More than 90% of VNU's share capital now tendered or committed
11.95% of the ordinary share capital of VNU tendered since the start of the post-acceptance period
Shares being tendered on a daily basis
Post-acceptance period remains open until 9 June 2006
Haarlem, The Netherlands, 31 May 2006
VNU N.V. ("VNU") and Valcon Acquisition B.V. ("Valcon") hereby jointly announce that an additional 30,884,434 Ordinary Shares, representing 11.95% of the outstanding and issued ordinary share capital of VNU and an additional 450 Preferred Shares, representing 0.3% of the outstanding and issued 7% preferred share capital of VNU have been tendered under the Offer since the start of the post-acceptance period.

These Shares, together with the shares tendered or committed under or in connection with the Offer during the initial acceptance period that ended on 19 May 2006, represent over 90% of the total outstanding and issued share capital of VNU. These percentages do not take into account Shares held by VNU and its subsidiaries.

The additional Shares have been tendered on a daily and continuous basis since the start of the post-acceptance period and Valcon and VNU expect that additional Shares will be tendered for acceptance during the remainder of the post-acceptance period, which expires at 15:00 hours, Amsterdam time (09:00 hours, New York time) on 9 June 2006. Valcon thereupon intends to implement its previously announced intention to de-list VNU using one or more of the legal alternatives available to it to do so.

This announcement is a public announcement as meant within section 9b paragraph 1 of the Bte 1995. Any capitalized terms used but not defined in this announcement shall have the same meaning as ascribed to them in the Offer Memorandum.

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