Visa Inc. Announces Exercise of Over-Allotment Option

San Francisco (ots/PRNewswire) -

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 US$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
US$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:

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-- 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

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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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