NIQ Announces Refinancing Transaction

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08/13/2025 - 07:00 AM

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NIQ Global Intelligence plc (NYSE: NIQ) (the “Company”, or “NIQ”), a leading global consumer intelligence company, today announced the successful refinancing of its Dollar Term Loan facility (“USD TL”) and its Euro Term Loan facility (“Euro TL”, and together with USD TL, “Term Loan Facilities”) and the successful repricing of its revolving credit facility (“RCF”). The transaction, which closed on August 12, 2025, took advantage of a favorable market window to, among other things, extend the maturities and reduce the interest rate spread on the Term Loan Facilities and reduce the interest rate spread on the RCF.

The transaction:

Repriced and extended $2,264 million USD TL
- Extended maturity by approximately 2.5 years from March 2028 to October 2030
- Reduced spread by 0.75% from SOFR+3.25% to SOFR+2.50%
- Included a 0.25% spread stepdown upon achieving 3.25x or lower first lien net leverage ratio based on Credit Agreement Adjusted EBITDA
Repriced and extended €1,135 million EUR TL
- Utilized a portion of IPO proceeds to pay down €255 million of the existing EUR TL from €1,390 million to €1,135 million
- Extended maturity by approximately 2.5 years from March 2028 to October 2030
- Reduced spread by 0.25% from EURIBOR+3.25% to EURIBOR+3.00%
- Included a 0.25% spread stepdown upon achieving 3.25x or lower first lien net leverage based on Credit Agreement Adjusted EBITDA
Repriced $750 million RCF
- Reduced spread by 0.50% from SOFR+2.75% to SOFR+2.25%
- Included two 0.25% spread stepdowns upon achieving 3.25x and 2.75x or lower, respectively, first lien net leverage based on Credit Agreement Adjusted EBITDA

Additionally, NIQ paid down in full the Canadian Term Loan Facility in the amount of CAD$123 million and paid down €255 million of the prior EUR TL from €1,390 million to €1,135 million, using a portion of IPO proceeds
- Prior to the transaction, NIQ utilized a portion of IPO proceeds to fully repay all outstanding principal amounts of its revolving credit facility on July 24, 2025 in the amount of $563 million.

“Following the recently completed initial public offering, NIQ proactively chose to optimize the capital structure by extending maturity on the Term Loan Facilities by approximately 2.5 years to October 2030. Through our IPO and successful refinancing, we have reduced interest expense by nearly $100 million per year. We also have built-in interest spread step-downs in our Credit Agreement that could deliver another roughly $10 million of annual interest savings as our net leverage ratio decreases,” said Mike Burwell, Chief Financial Officer of NIQ. “Our continued improvement in credit profile is acknowledged by the rating agencies with Moody’s and Fitch providing us with a one notch upgrade to B1 and BB-, respectively, and S&P revising our outlook to positive from stable.”

Additional details on the terms of the amendment will be made available in the Form 10-Q to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14, 2025.

About NIQ

NIQ is a leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. Our global reach spans over 90 countries covering approximately 85% of the world’s population and more than $7.2 trillion in global consumer spend. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View™. For more information, please visit www.niq.com.

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