Visa Inc. Prices Initial Public Offering

San Francisco, California (ots/PRNewswire) -

Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) announced today that it has priced the
initial public offering of 406,000,000 shares of Class A common
stock at US$44 per share. Visa's shares will begin trading on March
19, 2008, on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol
"V". The closing of the offering is scheduled to take place on March
25, 2008. Visa expects net proceeds from the offering, after
deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated
offering expenses, to be approximately US$17.3 billion. The
underwriters have a 30-day option to purchase up to 40,600,000
additional shares of Class A common stock to cover over-allotments,
if any.

Visa Inc. is a global company with operating regions in
Asia-Pacific; Canada; Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and
Africa; Latin America and Caribbean; and the USA. Visa Europe is and
will remain a member-owned association and a separate entity that is
an exclusive licensee of Visa Inc.'s trademarks and technology in the
European region.

JPMorgan, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Banc of America Securities LLC,
Citi, HSBC, Merrill Lynch & Co., UBS Investment Bank and Wachovia
Securities are acting as joint bookrunners with respect to the
offering. The shares of Class A common stock are being offered only
by means of a prospectus. Copies of the final prospectus relating to
the offering may be obtained for free by visiting the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission Web site at http://www.sec.gov.
Alternatively, you may obtain a copy of the final prospectus by
contacting:

-- J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., National Statement Processing, Prospectus
       Library, 4 Chase Metrotech Center, CS Level, Brooklyn, NY 11245,
       telephone +1-718-242-8002, facsimile +1-718-242-8003
    -- Goldman, Sachs & Co., Attention: Prospectus Department, 85 Broad
       Street, New York, NY 10004, facsimile +1-212-902-9316, e-mail
       [email protected].
    -- Banc of America Securities LLC, 100 W. 33rd Street, 3rd Floor, New
       York, NY 10001, telephone +1-646-733-4166, e-mail
       [email protected]
    -- Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Brooklyn Army Terminal, 140 58th
       Street, 8th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11220, telephone +1-718-765-6732
    -- HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Equity Syndicate Desk, 452 Fifth Ave., 3rd
       Floor, New York, NY 10018, telephone +1-212-525-5000
    -- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Attention:
       Prospectus Department, 4 World Financial Center, 5th Floor, New York,
       NY 10080, telephone +1-212-449-1000
    -- UBS Securities LLC, Prospectus Department, 299 Park Avenue, New York,
       NY 10171, telephone +1-212-821-3884
    -- Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, 375 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10152,
       e-mail [email protected]

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy Class A common stock of Visa Inc.,
nor shall there be any sale of these securities, in any state or
jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities
laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About Visa: Visa Inc. operates the world's largest retail
electronic payments network providing processing services and payment
product platforms. This includes consumer credit, debit, prepaid and
commercial payments, which are offered under the Visa, Visa Electron,
Interlink and PLUS brands. Visa enjoys acceptance around the world
and Visa/PLUS is one of the world's largest global ATM networks,
offering cash access in local currency in more than 170 countries.

Contacts:
Sandra Chu, Media Relations
Visa Inc.
Tel: +1-415-932-2564
E-mail: [email protected]
Victoria Hyde-Dunn, Investor Relations
Visa Inc.
Tel: +1-415-932-2119
E-mail: [email protected]

Web site: http://www.sec.gov

Rückfragehinweis:
Sandra Chu, Media Relations, +1-415-932-2564, [email protected],
or Victoria Hyde-Dunn, Investor Relations, +1-415-932-2119,
[email protected], both of Visa Inc.

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