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Shareholders OK $16B Plan for Nielsen to Be Taken Private

Nielsen got shareholder approval for a private equity consortium of Evergreen Coast Capital and Brookfield Business Partners to buy the company for $16 billion in an all-cash deal, it said Thursday. The transaction is expected to close next month, said…

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Nielsen. When it does, Nielsen will become a private company, and its shares will no longer be traded on the New York Stock Exchange.