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- Mar 19, 200890% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Visa Lists on the NYSE in the Largest US IPO to Date
- Visa announced it had priced its IPO of 406,000,000 Class A shares at US$44 per share, with trading to begin 19 March 2008 on the NYSE under the symbol V[1][4]
- It expected net proceeds of about US$17.3 billion; the underwriters had a 30-day option on 40.6 million more shares[1]
- Closing of the offering was scheduled for 25 March 2008[1]
- Wikipedia reports the price was US$2 above the top of the US$37-42 range and the IPO raised US$17.9 billion, then the largest in US history[2]
- Fox Business notes shares jumped 28% over the IPO price on the first day of trading[3]
- JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Banc of America Securities, Citi, HSBC, Merrill Lynch, UBS and Wachovia were joint bookrunners[1]
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- [1]90%ots.at/presseaussendung/OTE_20080319_OTE0001/visa-inc-prices-initial-public-offeringots.at· Posted Oct 4, 2026· Starts Mar 19, 2008 ✓· 33% of score
Visa's[4] pricing release (distributed 19 March 2008 01:13 CET) says shares 'will begin trading on March 19, 2008' on the NYSE under 'V'; Wikipedia[2] says priced 18 March 2008.
- [2]80%Visa Inc. - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org· Added Oct 4, 2026· 33% of score
IPO section: priced 18 March 2008 at US$44, US$17.9 billion raised.[1]
- [3]72%Visa Stock History: The 10 Biggest Events Since Its IPO - Fox Businessfoxbusiness.com· Added Oct 4, 2026· 33% of score
Says shares jumped 28% over the IPO price on the first day of trading.[1]
- [4]90%Visa Inc. Prices Initial Public Offering - Visa investor relationsinvestor.visa.com· Published Mar 18, 2008· 0% of score
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