Shares will be de-listed from Euronext Amsterdam on 11 July 2006
Squeeze- out procedure to start in due course
Haarlem, The Netherlands, 9 June 2006 – VNU N.V. ("VNU") and Valcon Acquisition B.V. ("Valcon") hereby jointly announce that following the expiration of the post-acceptance period at 15:00 hours, Amsterdam time (09:00 hours, New York time) on 9 June 2006, 98.97% of the total issued and outstanding share capital of VNU has been tendered for acceptance or otherwise committed to or obtained by Valcon. This includes the following:
254,003,484 Ordinary Shares and 1,667,171 American depositary shares ("ADS"), each representing one Ordinary Share, have been tendered for acceptance or otherwise committed to or obtained by Valcon, collectively representing 98.93% of the outstanding and issued ordinary share capital of VNU;
149,704 Preferred Shares have been tendered under the Offer, representing 99.80% of the outstanding and issued 7% preferred share capital of VNU; and
100% of the preference B shares with a nominal value of EUR 0.20 each in the share capital of VNU have been sold to Valcon pursuant to share transfer agreements.
These percentages do not take into account Shares held by VNU and its subsidiaries.
During the post-acceptance period 54,963,574 Ordinary Shares and 48,583 American depositary shares ("ADS"), each representing one Ordinary Share, collectively representing 21.29% of the outstanding and issued ordinary share capital of VNU and 1,621 Preferred Shares, representing 1.08% of the outstanding and issued 7% preferred share capital of VNU were tendered for acceptance or otherwise committed to or obtained by Valcon.

Settlement
Payment for the Shares that were tendered and delivered during the post-acceptance period prior to 15:00 hours, Amsterdam time (09:00 hours, New York time) on 6 June 2006 has already occurred.
Delisting of Shares and squeeze-out procedure
The Ordinary Shares and Preferred Shares will be de-listed from Euronext Amsterdam on 11 July 2006 and therefore 10 July 2006 will be the last day that the Ordinary Shares and Preferred Shares can be traded on Euronext Amsterdam. It is envisaged that shortly after the de-listing of the Shares, VNU will be converted from a public limited company (naamloze vennootschap) into a private limited liability company (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid).
Shareholders are reminded that Valcon, having obtained more than 95% of the total issued and outstanding share capital of VNU, intends to initiate the statutory squeeze-out procedure as referred to in article 2:92a of the Dutch Civil Code in order to acquire all Shares held by minority Shareholders.
Any capitalized terms used but not defined in this announcement shall have the same meaning as ascribed to them in the Offer Memorandum. This announcement is a public announcement as meant within section 9b paragraph 1 of the Bte 1995.
VNU contacts
Press Will Thoretz + 1 646 654 8133 (New York)
Investor Relations Peter Wortel +31 23 5463 692 (Haarlem)

Consortium press contacts
Kekst & Co. Ruth Pachman +1 212 521 4800 (New York)
M: Communications Hugh Morrison +44 20 7153 1534 (London)
Investor Voice Anne Louise van Lynden van Sandenburg +31 (0) 6 543 155 49 (The Netherlands)

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Er zal nu een uitrook procedure worden opgestart.
Dat duurt wel 3 jaar, daarna kan VNU pas beginnen.