NIQ Global Intelligence (NielsenIQ), which is a leading provider of market research on consumer goods and services, raised $1.1 billion by offering 50 million shares at $21, within the range of $20 to $24. At pricing, the company commands a fully diluted market cap of $6.2 billion.
NielsenIQ is a leading global consumer intelligence company. Its comprehensive and integrated ecosystem, The NIQ Ecosystem, combines proprietary data, best-in-class technology, human intelligence, and sophisticated software applications and analytics solutions. Its unified, AI/ML-powered technology platform uses global consumer shopping data to generate reference data and metadata, providing a global, omnichannel view of consumer shopping behavior. NielsenIQ's global reach spans over 90 countries covering approximately 85% of the world's population, more than half the world's GDP, and more than $7.2 trillion in global consumer spend as of December 31, 2024.
NIQ Global Intelligence (NielsenIQ) plans to list on the NYSE under the symbol NIQ. J.P. Morgan, BofA Securities, UBS Investment Bank, Barclays, RBC Capital Markets, Citi, Wells Fargo Securities, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, BMO Capital Markets, and KKR acted as joint bookrunners on the deal.
