<AsiaNet> Visa Inc. Announces Exercise of Over-Allotment Option

(SAN FRANCISCO, CA., March 20 AsiaNet=연합뉴스)

Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) announced today that the underwriters of its initial

public offering exercised their over-allotment option to purchase an additional

40,600,000 shares of its Class A common stock at $44.00 per share. The option

was granted in connection with the company's initial public offering of

406,000,000 shares of its Class A common stock, which priced on March 18, 2008.

Visa expects net proceeds from the offering, including the exercise of the

over-allotment option, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions

and estimated offering expenses, to be approximately $19.1 billion.

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

prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com.

-- Banc of America Securities LLC, 100 W. 33rd Street, 3rd Floor, New

York, NY 10001, telephone +1-646-733-4166, e-mail

dg.prospectus_distribution@bofasecurities.com

-- 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 equity.syndicate@wachovia.com

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: globalmedia@visa.com

Victoria Hyde-Dunn, Investor Relations

Visa Inc.

Tel: +1-415-932-2119

E-mail: vhydedun@visa.com

SOURCE: Visa Inc.

CONTACT: Sandra Chu,

Media Relations,

+1-415-932-2564,

globalmedia@visa.com, or

Victoria Hyde-Dunn,

Investor Relations,

+1-415-932-2119,

vhydedun@visa.com,

both of Visa Inc.

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