Friday, January 28, 2011

Visa Declares Dividend and Approves Release of All Remaining Class C Shares

SAN FRANCISCOJan. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --  Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) announced that its Board of Directors had declared a quarterly dividend in the aggregate amount of $0.150 per share of class A common stock (determined, in the case of class B and class C common stock, on an as-converted basis) payable on March 1, 2011, to all holders of record of the Company's class A, class B and class C common stock as of February 11, 2011.
The Company also announced that its Board of Directors had approved the release from transfer restrictions of all remaining class C shares.  The shares will automatically become eligible for public sale on February 7, 2011.  Approximately 55 million class C shares not previously released are to be released from transfer restrictions.  The release of the class C shares will not increase the number of outstanding shares of the Company, and there will be no dilutive effect to the outstanding class A share count.  Class C shares sold into the public market automatically convert to class A shares.


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