Edgar Filing: Visa Inc.

Form 10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

þ	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2008

¨	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission file number 001-33977

VISA INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware		26-0267673
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

P.O. Box 8999
San Francisco, California		94128-8999
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 932-2100

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ¨ No þ

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer ¨ Accelerated filer ¨ Non-accelerated filer þ Smaller Reporting Company ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ No þ

As of May 12, 2008, there were 447,889,462 shares of class A, 369,038,802 shares of class B and 267,014,729 shares of class C common stock of Visa Inc. issued and outstanding.

VISA INC.

TABLE OF CONTENTS


		Page
PART I.	Financial Information	1

Item 1.	Financial Statements	1
	Consolidated Balance Sheets — March 31, 2008 and September 30, 2007	1
	Consolidated Statements of Operations — Three and Six Months Ended March 31, 2008 and 2007	3
	Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity — Six Months Ended March 31, 2008	5
	Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income — Three and Six Months Ended March 31, 2008 and 2007	6
	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows — Six Months Ended March 31, 2008 and 2007	7
	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	9
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Historical and Pro Forma Financial Condition and Results of Operations	49
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	76
Item 4T.	Controls and Procedures	77

PART II.	Other Information	77

Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	77
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	77
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	77
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	78
Item 4.	Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders	79
Item 5.	Other Information	80
Item 6.	Exhibits	80
	Signatures	81
	Index to Exhibits	82

Unless the context requires otherwise, reference to “Company,” “Visa,” “we,” “us” or “our” refers to Visa Inc. and its subsidiaries.

The registered trademarks of Visa Inc. and its subsidiaries include: “All It Takes;” “Bands Design—Blue, White & Gold;” “Dove” Design; “Interlink;” “Life Takes Visa;” “PLUS;” “Verified by Visa;” “Visa;” “Visa Classic;” “Visa Corporate;” “Porque La Vida es Ahora;” “The World’s Best Way to Pay;” “Visa Electron;” “Visa Europe;” “Visa Fleet;” “Visa Infinite;” “Visa Mobile;” “VisaNet;” “Visa Platinum;” “Visa Purchasing;” “Visa Resolve OnLine;” “Visa ReadyLink;” “Visa Signature;” “Visa Signature Business;” “Visa Vale;” and “Winged V” Design. Other trademarks used in this report are the property of their respective owners.

PART I

ITEM 1.

Financial Statements

VISA INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)


	March 31, 2008		September 30, 2007⁽¹⁾
	(in millions, except share data)
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	5,041	$	275
Restricted cash—litigation escrow		1,285		—
Restricted cash—tax escrow		116		—
Investment securities, available-for-sale		598		747
Settlement receivable		1,157		10
Accounts receivable		321		245
Customer collateral		500		68
Current portion of volume and support incentives		227		96
Current portion of deferred tax assets		541		795
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		300		271

Total current assets		10,086		2,507
Restricted cash—litigation escrow		770
Investment securities, available-for-sale		194		737
Volume and support incentives		79		44
Investment in Visa International		—		227
Property, equipment, and technology, net		1,018		313
Deferred tax assets		—		471
Other assets		623		91
Intangible assets		10,883		—
Goodwill		10,216		—

Total assets	$	33,869	$	4,390

Liabilities
Accounts payable	$	111	$	99
Settlement payable		916		50
Customer collateral		500		68
Accrued compensation and benefits		317		244
Volume and support incentives		305		188
Accrued liabilities		540		356
Current portion of long-term debt		72		41
Current portion of accrued litigation		1,572		2,236
Redeemable class C (series III) common stock, 35,263,585 shares outstanding at March 31, 2008		1,508		—

Total current liabilities		5,841		3,282
Long-term debt		40		—
Accrued litigation		1,349		1,446
Deferred tax liabilities		3,563		—
Other liabilities		761		125

Total liabilities		11,554		4,853

(1)	Historical balances for periods prior to October 1, 2007 represent balances for Visa U.S.A. Inc., deemed the accounting acquirer in the business combination.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

VISA INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS—(Continued)

(Unaudited)


	March 31, 2008			September 30, 2007⁽¹⁾
	(in millions, except share and par value data)
Temporary Equity and Minority Interest
Class C (series II) common stock, $0.0001 par value, 79,748,857 shares outstanding at March 31, 2008, net of subscription receivable	$	1,127		$	—
Minority interest		—			38

Total temporary equity and minority interest		1,127			38

Commitments and contingencies—see Note 14
Stockholders’ Equity
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, 25,000,000 shares authorized and none issued		—			—
Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value, 2,001,622,245,209 shares authorized, 447,889,803 shares issued and outstanding		—			—
Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value, 622,245,209 shares authorized, 245,513,385 shares issued and outstanding		—			—
Class C (series I) common stock, $0.0001 par value, 813,582,801 shares authorized and 124,503,084 shares issued and outstanding		—			—
Class C (series III) common stock, $0.0001 par value, 64,000,000 shares authorized and 26,949,616 shares issued and outstanding		—			—
Class C (series IV) common stock, $0.0001 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized and 549,587 shares issued and outstanding		—			—
Additional paid-in capital		20,970			—
Accumulated income (deficit)		223			(501	)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net		(5	)		—

Total stockholders’ equity and accumulated income (deficit)		21,188			(501	)

Total liabilities, temporary equity and minority interest, and stockholders’ equity	$	33,869		$	4,390

(1)	Historical balances for periods prior to October 1, 2007 represent balances for Visa U.S.A. Inc., deemed the accounting acquirer in the business combination.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

VISA INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)


	For the Three Months Ended March 31,						For the Six Months Ended March 31,
	2008			2007⁽¹⁾			2008			2007⁽¹⁾
	(in millions except per share data)
Operating Revenues
Service fees	$	792		$	460		$	1,524		$	911
Data processing fees		494			321			986			652
Volume and support incentives		(338	)		(137	)		(588	)		(234	)
International transaction fees		379			105			760			211
Other revenues		126			64			259			118

Total operating revenues		1,453			813			2,941			1,658

Operating Expenses
Personnel		289			174			572			345
Network, EDP and communications		78			54			161			109
Advertising, marketing and promotion		215			105			425			219
Visa International fees		—			43			—			86
Professional and consulting fees		96			79			194			150
Depreciation and amortization		59			28			121			57
Administrative and other		75			46			149			97
Litigation provision		292			13			292			15

Total operating expenses		1,104			542			1,914			1,078

Operating income		349			271			1,027			580

Other Income (Expense)
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates		—			13			1			25
Interest expense		(41	)		(20	)		(86	)		(40	)
Investment income, net		34			24			75			46
Other		28			—			36			—

Total other income		21			17			26			31

Income before income taxes and minority interest		370			288			1,053			611
Income tax expense		56			106			315			225

Income before minority interest		314			182			738			386
Minority interest		—			(2	)		—			(1	)

Net income	$	314		$	180		$	738		$	385

Basic net income per share (Note 11)⁽²⁾
Class A common stock	$	0.39					$	0.93

Class B common stock	$	0.37					$	0.92

Class C (series I) common stock	$	0.39					$	0.93

Class C (series II) common stock	$	0.30					$	0.81

Class C (series III and IV) common stock	$	0.39					$	0.93

VISA INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS—(Continued)

(Unaudited)


	For the Three Months Ended March 31,			For the Six Months Ended March 31,
	2008		2007⁽¹⁾	2008		2007⁽¹⁾
	(in millions except per share data)
Basic weighted average shares outstanding, in thousands (Note 11)⁽²⁾
Class A common stock		63,800			31,726

Class B common stock		415,280			420,866

Class C (series I) common stock		255,313			256,675

Class C (series II) common stock		35,311			31,587

Class C (series III and IV) common stock		57,725			60,258

Diluted net income per share (Note 11)⁽²⁾
Class A common stock	$	0.39		$	0.93

Class B common stock	$	0.37		$	0.92

Class C (series I) common stock	$	0.39		$	0.93

Class C (series II) common stock	$	0.30		$	0.81

Class C (series III and IV) common stock	$	0.39		$	0.93

Diluted weighted average shares outstanding, in thousands (Note 11)⁽²⁾
Class A common stock		777,738			762,374

Class B common stock		415,280			420,866

Class C (series I) common stock		255,313			256,675

Class C (series II) common stock		35,311			31,587

Class C (series III and IV) common stock		57,725			60,258

(1)	Historical balances for periods prior to October 1, 2007 represent balances for Visa U.S.A. Inc., deemed the accounting acquirer in the business combination.

(2)	For the three and six months ended March 31, 2007, Visa U.S.A. Inc. was a non-stock corporation and therefore there was no comparable metric for net income per share and no common stock outstanding.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

VISA INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(Unaudited)


	Common Stock
	Class A	Class B		Class C (series I)		Class C (series II)		Class C (series III and series IV)		Additional Paid in Capital			Accumulated Income (Deficit)			Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income			Total Equity (Deficit)
	(in millions)
Balance as of September 30, 2007⁽¹⁾	—	—		—		—		—		$	—		$	(501	)	$	—		$	(501	)

Tax adjustment as a result of adoption of FIN 48														8						8
Net income														738						738
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax																	(5	)		(5	)

Comprehensive income																				733
Issuance of class USA common stock		426									—									—
Issuance of class EU (series I) common stock								62			3,041									3,041
Issuance of class EU (series II) common stock						28					1,104									1,104
Issuance of class EU (series III) common stock								1			27									27
Issuance of class Canada common stock				22							1,077									1,077
Issuance of class AP common stock				119							5,822									5,822
Issuance of class LAC common stock				80							3,917									3,917
Issuance of class CEMEA common stock				37							1,797									1,797
Conversion of regional common stock in the true-up (Note 10):
Class USA converted to Class B		(26	)								—									—
Class EU (series I) converted to class C (series III)								—			—									—
Class EU (series II) converted to class C (series II)						—					—									—
Class EU (series III) converted to class C (series IV)								—			—									—
Class Canada converted to class C (series I)				—							(19	)								(19	)
Class AP converted to class C (series I)				23							997									997
Class LAC converted to class C (series I)				6							251									251
Class CEMEA converted to class C (series I)				(2	)						(79	)								(79	)
Issuance of class C (series II) common stock						52					—									—
Reclassification of common stock upon IPO:
Class C (series III) common stock to liabilities (Note 10)								(35	)		(1,508	)								(1,508	)
Class C (series II) common stock to temporary equity (Note 10)						(80	)				(1,104	)		(21	)					(1,125	)
Proceeds from issuance of class A common stock, net of offering expenses of $582	447										19,068									19,068
Issuance of restricted share awards	1										—									—
Redemption of class B common stock		(155	)								(6,618	)								(6,618	)
Redemption of class C (series I) common stock				(160	)						(6,828	)								(6,828	)
Accretion of class C (series II) common stock (Note 10)														(1	)					(1	)
Share-based compensation (Note 12)											25									25

Balance as of March 31, 2008	448	245		125		—		28		$	20,970		$	223		$	(5	)	$	21,188

(1)	Historical balances for periods prior to October 1, 2007 represent balances for Visa U.S.A. Inc., deemed the accounting acquirer in the business combination.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

VISA INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(Unaudited)


	For the Three Months Ended March 31,						For the Six Months Ended March 31,
	2008			2007			2008			2007
	(in millions)						(in millions)
Net income	$	314		$	180		$	738		$	385
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Investment Securities, available-for-sale
Net unrealized gain		—			1			—			3
Income tax effect		1			(1	)		1			(1	)
Reclassification adjustment for net (gain)/loss realized in net income		(1	)		1			(1	)		(2	)
Income tax effect		—			(1	)		—			1
Derivative Instruments
Net unrealized loss		—			—			(2	)		—
Income tax effect		(2	)		—			(1	)		—
Reclassification adjustment for net gain realized in net income		(2	)		—			—			—
Income tax effect		1			—			—			—
Foreign currency translation loss		(2	)		—			(2	)		—

Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax		(5	)		—			(5	)		1

Comprehensive income	$	309		$	180		$	733		$	386

(1)	Historical balances for periods prior to October 1, 2007 represent balances for Visa U.S.A. Inc., deemed the accounting acquirer in the business combination.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

VISA INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)


	For the Six Months Ended March 31,
	2008			2007⁽¹⁾
	(in millions)
Operating Activities
Net income	$	738		$	385
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization of property, equipment and technology		121			57
Amortization of intangibles, investments, debt issuance costs, and accretion of member deposits		—			6
Share-based compensation (Note 12)		19			—
Fair value adjustment for liability under the framework agreement (Note 4)		(36	)		—
Net recognized (gain) loss on investment securities, including other-than-temporary impairment		8			(2	)
Loss on disposal of property, equipment and technology		—			1
Minority interest		—			1
Amortization of volume and support incentives		588			234
Accrued litigation and accretion		370			51
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates		(1	)		(25	)
Deferred income taxes		124			—
Change in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable		(3	)		(1	)
Settlement receivable		(569	)		5
Volume and support incentives		(676	)		(243	)
Other assets		(61	)		21
Accounts payable		(54	)		(55	)
Settlement payable		273			(4	)
Accrued compensation and benefits		(154	)		(34	)
Accrued and other liabilities		195			61
Accrued litigation		(1,131	)		(1	)
Member deposits		(3	)		(71	)

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities		(252	)		386

Investing Activities
Investment securities, available-for-sale:
Purchases		(1,500	)		(1,427	)
Proceeds from sales and maturities		2,279			1,222
Cash acquired through reorganization		1,002			—
Contributions to joint ventures		—			(1	)
Distributions from partnership investment		1			—
Purchases of property, equipment, and technology		(237	)		(45	)
Proceeds from sale of property, equipment, and technology		4			—

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		1,549			(251	)

Financing Activities
Proceeds from short-term borrowing		2			—
Payments on short-term borrowing		(2	)		—
Proceeds from sale of common stock, net of issuance costs of $550		19,100			—

VISA INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS—(Continued)

(Unaudited)


	For the Six Months Ended March 31,
	2008			2007⁽¹⁾
	(in millions)
Funding of litigation escrow account – Retrospective Responsibility Plan		(3,000	)		—
Funding from litigation escrow account – Retrospective Responsibility Plan		945			—
Funding of tax escrow account for income tax withheld on stock proceeds		(116	)		—
Payment for redemption of stock		(13,446	)		—
Principal payments on debt		(12	)		(17	)
Principal payments on capital lease obligations		(2	)		(2	)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		3,469			(19	)

Increase in cash and cash equivalents		4,766			116
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year		275			270

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	5,041		$	386

Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information
Income taxes paid, net of refunds	$	250		$	177
Decrease in accounts payable and accrued and other liabilities related to purchases of property, equipment and technology	$	(10	)	$	(15	)
Interest payments on debt	$	4		$	2
Common stock issued in reorganization	$	17,935			—

(1)	Historical balances for periods prior to October 1, 2007 represent balances for Visa U.S.A. Inc., deemed the accounting acquirer in the business combination.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

VISA INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2008

(unaudited)

(In millions, except as noted)

Note 1—Organization

Visa Inc. (“Visa” or “the Company”) is a stock corporation incorporated under the laws of the state of Delaware, United States of America. Visa Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries, including Visa U.S.A. Inc. (“Visa U.S.A.”), Visa International Service Association (“Visa International”), Visa Canada Inc. (“Visa Canada”) and Inovant LLC (“Inovant”) (hereafter referred to as the “Company”) operate the world’s largest retail electronic payments network. Visa Inc. facilitates global commerce through the transfer of value and information among financial institutions, merchants, consumers, businesses and government entities. Visa Inc. provides financial institutions, its primary customers, with product platforms encompassing consumer credit, debit, prepaid and commercial payments. VisaNet, a secure, centralized, global processing platform, enables Visa Inc. to provide financial institutions and merchants with a wide range of product platform, transaction processing and related value added-services.

The Company does not issue cards, set fees, or determine the interest rates consumers will be charged on Visa-branded cards. The Company’s issuing customers have the independent responsibility to individually determine these and most other competitive card features. These functions are performed by the Company’s customer financial institutions in competition with one another.

Prior to the October 2007 Reorganization

Prior to the October 2007 reorganization, Visa operated as five corporate entities related by ownership and membership: Visa U.S.A., Visa International (comprising the operating regions of Asia Pacific (“AP”), Latin America and Caribbean (“LAC”), and Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (“CEMEA”)), Visa Canada, Visa Europe Limited (“Visa Europe”) and Inovant, a majority owned subsidiary of Visa U.S.A., which operated the VisaNet transaction processing system and other related processing systems. Each of Visa U.S.A., Visa Canada, Visa Europe, Visa AP, Visa LAC and Visa CEMEA operated as a separate geographic region, serving its member financial institutions and administering Visa programs in its respective region.

October 2007 Reorganization

In order to respond to industry dynamics and enhance Visa’s ability to compete, in a series of transactions occurring from October 1 to October 3, 2007, Visa undertook a reorganization, as more fully described in Note 3—The Reorganization, in which Visa U.S.A., Visa International, Visa Canada and Inovant became direct or indirect subsidiaries of Visa Inc. For financial accounting and reporting purposes, the Company has reflected the reorganization as a single transaction occurring on October 1, 2007 (the “reorganization date”), the date all contractual conditions to the closing, other than those of a perfunctory nature, were met. Visa Europe did not become a subsidiary of Visa Inc., but rather remained owned and governed by its European member financial institutions and entered into a set of contractual arrangements with the Company in connection with the reorganization. In the reorganization, the Company issued different classes and series of common stock reflecting the different rights and obligations of the Visa financial institution members and Visa Europe based on the geographic region in which they are located. In addition to common stock, the Company provided other consideration to Visa Europe, as more fully described in Note 4—Visa Europe, in exchange for its ownership interest in Visa International and Inovant.

Prior to the reorganization, at September 30, 2007, Visa U.S.A. held a 69% ownership interest in its consolidated subsidiary, Inovant, and an estimated 26% membership interest in Visa International. The remaining 31% ownership interest in Inovant was held by Visa International, Visa Canada and Visa Europe. The remaining

VISA INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

estimated 74% membership interest in Visa International was held by the financial institution members of the unincorporated regions (consisting of Visa AP, Visa LAC, and Visa CEMEA), Visa Europe and Visa Canada. The reorganization was accounted for using the purchase method of accounting under the guidelines of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 141, Business Combinations, (“SFAS No. 141”) with Visa U.S.A. deemed to be the accounting acquirer of Visa Canada and the remaining ownership interest in Visa International and Inovant not previously held (the “acquired interests”). The net assets underlying the acquired interests were recorded at fair value at the reorganization date with the excess purchase price over this value attributed to goodwill.

The results of operations of Visa International and Visa Canada have been included in the consolidated statements of operations of the Company beginning October 1, 2007.

Initial Public Offering

In March 2008, the Company executed its initial public offering (the “IPO”), issuing 446,600,000 shares of Class A common stock at an IPO price of $44 per share. The Company closed the transaction on March 25, 2008. The Company received $19.1 billion in net proceeds from the offering which reflects underwriting discounts and commissions of $1.23 per share. The Company used $13.4 billion of the net proceeds to redeem 154,738,487 shares of class B common stock and 159,657,751 shares of class C (series I) common stock. In October 2008, the Company intends to use $1.5 billion of the proceeds for the required redemption of 35,263,585 shares of class C (series III) common stock and intends to use $1.146 billion of the proceeds to redeem all shares of class C (series II) common stock outstanding. See further discussion at Note 4—Visa Europe and Note 10—Stockholders’ Equity and Redeemable Shares. As determined by the litigation committee and under the Retrospective Responsibility Plan, the Company deposited $3.0 billion of the net IPO proceeds into an escrow account from which settlements of, or judgments in, the covered litigation will be payable, see Note 5—Retrospective Responsibility Plan.

The Company has one operating and reportable segment, “Payment Services.” The Company’s activities are interrelated and each activity is dependent upon and supportive of the other. Accordingly all significant operating decisions are based on analysis of Visa Inc. as a single global business.

Note 2—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of presentation—The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements are presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and reflect all normal recurring adjustments that, in the opinion of management, are necessary to present fairly the results for the interim periods presented. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in annual financial statements have been omitted. Accordingly these unaudited interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements included in the Company’s final prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Rule 424(b)(4) on March 19, 2008, including Visa Inc.’s audited consolidated balance sheet and related footnotes at October 1, 2007, unaudited consolidated financial statements and related notes for the three months ended December 31, 2007 and the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes of Visa U.S.A. for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2007.

Comparative consolidated balance sheet information at September 30, 2007 and consolidated statements of operations information for the three and six months ended March 31, 2007 is that of Visa U.S.A., the accounting acquirer in the reorganization, as further described in Note 3—The Reorganization and is presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Revenues, expenses, assets, and liabilities can vary during each quarter of the year. Therefore, the results and trends in these unaudited interim consolidated financial statements may not be indicative of results for any other interim period or for the entire year.

VISA INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

Principles of consolidation—The Company consolidates all entities that are controlled by ownership of a majority voting interest as well as variable interest entities for which the Company is the primary beneficiary. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions are eliminated in consolidation.

Reclassifications—Certain reclassifications, not affecting net income, have been made to prior period information to conform to the current period presentation format.

Use of estimates—The preparation of the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated balance sheets. Such estimates include purchase consideration, valuation of goodwill and intangible assets, valuation of the Visa Europe put option, legal contingencies, assumptions used to determine share based compensation expense, guarantees and indemnifications, and assumptions used in the calculation of income taxes, among others. These estimates and assumptions are based on management’s best estimates and judgment. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

Share Based Compensation—In March 2008, the Company granted non-qualified stock options, restricted stock awards and restricted stock units to its employees and non-employee directors. Upon granting the awards, the Company applied Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) Statement No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment” (SFAS 123R). SFAS 123R requires that the fair value of all share-based payments to employees be recognized in the financial statements. See Note 12—Share-based Compensation.

Restricted Cash—Litigation Escrow—In accordance with the Retrospective Responsibility Plan (See Note 5—Retrospective Responsibility Plan) and following the Company’s IPO, the Company deposited $3.0 billion of the proceeds of the offering into an escrow account from which settlements of, or judgments in, the covered litigation will be paid. The escrow funds are held in money market investments with the income earned, less the applicable taxes, classified as restricted cash on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. The amount of the escrow funds equivalent to the actual, undiscounted amount of payments expected to be made beyond one year from the balance sheet date is classified as a non-current asset. Interest earned on escrow funds is included in investment income, net, on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations.

Accrued Litigation—Accrued litigation associated with settled obligations to be paid over periods longer than one year is accounted for using the present value of actual and estimable future payment obligations, discounted at the estimated rate of sources of credit that could be used to finance the payment of such obligations with similar terms. The current portion of accrued litigation represents the present value of payments to be made over the next twelve months. See Note 16—Legal Matters.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

On October 1, 2007, the Company adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” (FIN 48). FIN 48 clarifies the accounting and reporting for income taxes where interpretation of the tax law may be uncertain. FIN 48 prescribes a comprehensive model for the financial statement recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of income tax uncertainties with respect to positions taken or expected to be taken in income tax returns. The initial adoption of FIN 48 resulted in a decrease in accumulated deficit of approximately $8 million and a decrease in goodwill of approximately $6 million at October 1, 2007.

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Note 3—The Reorganization

Description of the Reorganization

In a series of transactions from October 1 to October 3, 2007, Visa undertook a reorganization in which Visa U.S.A., Visa International, Visa Canada and Inovant became direct or indirect subsidiaries of Visa Inc. and the retrospective responsibility plan was established (see Note 5—Retrospective Responsibility Plan). For financial accounting and reporting purposes, the Company has reflected the reorganization as a single transaction occurring on the reorganization date. Visa Europe did not become a subsidiary of Visa Inc., but rather remained owned and governed by its European member financial institutions and entered into a set of contractual arrangements with the Company in connection with the reorganization. In the reorganization, the Company issued different classes and series of common stock reflecting the different rights and obligations of the Visa financial institution members and Visa Europe based on the geographic region in which they are located. In addition to common stock, the Company provided other consideration, as more fully described in Note 4—Visa Europe, to Visa Europe in exchange for its ownership interest in Visa International and Inovant.

At September 30, 2007, Visa U.S.A. held a 69% ownership interest in its consolidated subsidiary, Inovant, and an estimated 26% membership interest in Visa International. The remaining 31% ownership interest in Inovant was held by Visa International, Visa Canada and Visa Europe. The remaining estimated 74% membership interest in Visa International was held by Visa Europe, Visa Canada and the financial institution members of Visa AP, Visa LAC, and Visa CEMEA.

The reorganization was accounted for using the purchase method of accounting under the guidelines of SFAS No. 141 with Visa U.S.A. deemed to be the accounting acquirer of the acquired interests. The net assets underlying the acquired interests were recorded at fair value at the reorganization date with the excess purchase price over this value attributed to goodwill.

At the time of the reorganization, the allocation of the Company’s common stock to each of Visa AP, Visa LAC, Visa CEMEA, Visa Canada (collectively the “acquired regions”) and Visa U.S.A. (collectively “the participating regions”) was based on each entity’s relative contribution to the Company’s projected net income estimated for fiscal 2008, after giving effect to negotiated adjustments. The allocation of Company common stock and other consideration conveyed to Visa Europe in exchange for its membership interest in Visa International and its ownership interest in Inovant was determined based on the fair value of each element exchanged in the reorganization. To effect the reorganization and in exchange for the interests held in Visa U.S.A., Visa International, Visa Canada and Inovant, the Company authorized and issued to Visa Europe and the financial institution member groups of the participating regions the following shares of common stock (in whole numbers):


Regional Classes and Series of Common Stock		Shares Issued and Outstanding in the Reorganization
Class USA		426,390,481
Class EU (series I)		62,213,201
Class EU (series II)		27,904,464
Class EU (series III)		549,587
Class Canada		22,034,685
Class AP		119,100,481
Class LAC		80,137,915
Class CEMEA		36,749,698

		775,080,512

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Purchase Consideration

Total purchase consideration of approximately $17.3 billion was exchanged in October 2007 for the acquired interests. The consideration was comprised of the following:


	in millions
Visa Inc. common stock	$	16,785
Visa Europe put option		346
Liability under framework agreement		132

Total purchase consideration	$	17,263

See Note 4—Visa Europe for more information related to the Visa Europe put option and the liability under framework agreement.

Visa Inc. Common Stock Issued in Exchange for the Acquired Regions

The value of the purchase consideration conveyed to each of the member groups of the acquired regions was determined by valuing the underlying businesses contributed by each, after giving effect to negotiated adjustments. The value of the purchase consideration, consisting of all outstanding shares of class Canada, class AP, class LAC and class CEMEA common stock, was measured at June 15, 2007 (the “measurement date”), the date on which all parties entered into the global restructuring agreement, and was determined to have a fair value of approximately $12.6 billion.

The Company primarily relied upon the analysis of comparable companies with similar industry, business model and financial profiles. This analysis considered a range of metrics including the forward multiples of revenue; earnings before interest, depreciation and amortization; and net income of comparable companies. Ultimately, the Company determined that the forward net income multiple was the most appropriate measure to value the acquired regions and reflect anticipated changes in the Company’s financial profile prospectively. This multiple was applied to the corresponding forward net income of the acquired regions to calculate their value. The most comparable company identified was MasterCard Inc. Therefore, the most significant input into this analysis was MasterCard’s forward net income multiple of 27 times net income at the measurement date.

The Company additionally performed discounted cash flow analyses for each region. This analysis considered the Company’s forecast by region and incorporated market participant assumptions for growth and profitability. The cash flows were discounted using rates ranging from 12-16%, reflecting returns for investments times EBITDA to ascribe value to periods beyond the Company’s forecast, consistent with recent payment processing, financial exchange and credit card precedent transactions.

True-Up of Purchase Consideration

Under the terms of the reorganization, on March 17, 2008 each regional class and series of common stock was converted into class C common stock (except in the case of class USA common stock which was converted into class B common stock) resulting in a reallocation of ownership among the participating regions (the “true-up”). The conversion rate was based on each participating region’s relative under- or over-achievement of its net revenue targets during the four quarters ended December 31, 2007. The shares held by Visa Europe were not subject to the true-up.

As a result of the true-up the ownership interest of the Visa U.S.A. member group in the Company was reduced by approximately 7%, with a corresponding increase in the collective ownership interest of the other

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stockholders in the form of 26 million additional shares of class C (series I) common stock received net in the conversion. Under the guidelines of SFAS 141 the additional shares issued to these members was recorded as additional purchase consideration. These shares were recorded at the true-up date at their fair value of $44 per share resulting in the recognition of $1.2 billion of additional purchase consideration as an increase to goodwill and additional paid-in capital. The fair value of these shares was determined based on the price per share in the IPO. See Note 10—Stockholders’ Equity and Redeemable Shares.

Visa Inc. Common Stock Issued to Visa Europe

Visa Europe remained a separate entity owned and governed by its European member banks. Under the terms of the reorganization, Visa Europe exchanged its membership interest in Visa International and Inovant for a put-call option agreement, a framework agreement (as described below) and the following consideration:

•

An 8.1% ownership interest in the form of all outstanding class EU (series I) and class EU (series III) common stock. The class EU (series I) and class EU (series III) common stock participate equally and have the same rights as the class AP, class LAC, class CEMEA, and class Canada common stock, except that it does not participate in the true-up of purchase consideration. The Company determined the fair value of this common stock to be approximately $3.1 billion at the measurement date based on the value of the common stock issued to the acquired regions in exchange for their historical membership interest in Visa International and ownership interest in Visa Canada. Concurrent with the true-up of purchase consideration, on March 17, 2008, the EU (series I) and EU (series III) common stock was converted into class C (series III) and class C (series IV) common stock, respectively, on a one-to-one basis.

•

A 3.6% ownership interest in the form of all outstanding class EU (series II) common stock. This stock is redeemable by Visa Inc. at any time after the later of its IPO and October 10, 2008 at a price of $1.146 billion adjusted for dividends and certain other adjustments. Visa Europe also has the option to require the Company to redeem the class C (series II) common stock by December 4, 2008. At the time of the reorganization in October 2007, the Company determined the fair value of this common stock to be approximately $1.104 billion by discounting the redemption price using a risk-free rate of 4.90% and a 95% probability of the successful completion of an IPO prior to October 10, 2008. Completion of the Company’s IPO triggered the redemption feature of this stock. As a result, in accordance with EITF Topic D-98, “Classification and Measurement of Redeemable Securities,” in March 2008, the Company reclassified all outstanding shares of the class C (series II) common stock at its then fair value of $1.125 billion to temporary or mezzanine level equity on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet with a corresponding reduction in additional paid-in-capital of $1.104 billion and accumulated income of $21 million. Over the period from March 2008 to on or about October 10, 2008, the date the Company intends to redeem these shares, the Company will accrete this stock to its redemption price through accumulated income. The fair value of the class C (series II) shares at March 31, 2008 was $1.127 billion. For the three and six months ended March 31, 2008, the Company recorded total accretion on the class C (series II) shares through its accumulated income of $22 million.

Visa Europe Put-Call Option Agreement

Under the put-call option agreement between the Company and Visa Europe, the Company has granted Visa Europe a put option under which the Company is required to purchase from its members all of the share capital of Visa Europe. This option is exercisable beginning on March 25, 2009. The Company is required to repurchase the shares of Visa Europe no later than 285 days after exercise of the put option. The purchase price of the Visa Europe shares under the put option is based upon a formula that, subject to certain adjustments, applies the 12-month forward price-to-earnings multiple applicable to the Company’s common stock at the time the option is

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exercised to Visa Europe’s projected sustainable adjusted net operating income for the same 12-month period. At the date of reorganization and at March 31, 2008, the fair value of the put option was approximately $346 million. Refer to Note 4—Visa Europe for more information related to the Visa Europe put-call option agreement.

Liability Under Framework Agreement

The relationship between the Company and Visa Europe subsequent to the reorganization is governed by the framework agreement, which provides for trademark and technology licenses and bilateral services.

Visa Inc., Visa U.S.A., Visa International and Inovant, as licensors, granted Visa Europe exclusive, irrevocable and perpetual licenses to use the Visa trademarks and technology intellectual property owned by the licensors and certain affiliates within the Visa Europe region for use in the field of financial services, payments, related information technology and information processing services and participation in the Visa system. The Company determined that the base license fee (the “fee”), as adjusted in future periods based on the growth of the gross domestic product of the European Union, approximated fair value. The Company made this determination through an analysis of the fee rates implied by the economics of the licenses. The first and second fee reduction components, as more fully described in Note 4—Visa Europe, reduce this base fee by an amount and for a period of time dependent on the timing and results of the IPO. At October 1, 2007, the Company calculated its liability to provide these licenses at below fair value to be approximately $132 million, based on the Company’s initial registration statement filing on November 9, 2007, an assumed offering closing date of March 31, 2008 and the applicable three-month LIBOR rate at September 30, 2007 of 5.23%.

Refer to Note 4—Visa Europe for more information related to the liability under the framework agreement.

Fair Value of Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed

Total purchase consideration has been allocated to the tangible and identifiable intangible assets and liabilities assumed underlying the acquired interests based on their fair value on the date of the reorganization. The excess of purchase consideration over the tangible and identifiable intangible assets and liabilities assumed was recorded as goodwill.

The following table summarizes the allocation of total purchase consideration to tangible and intangible assets acquired, liabilities assumed and goodwill at October 1, 2007:


	in millions
Tangible assets and liabilities
Current assets	$	1,733
Non-current assets		610
Property, equipment, and technology, net		512
Current liabilities		(1,194	)
Non-current liabilities		(4,351	)
Pension and post-retirement benefits		(45	)
Long-term debt		(30	)
Intangible assets
Tradename		2,564
Customer relationships		6,799
Visa Europe franchise right		1,520
Goodwill		9,145

Net assets acquired	$	17,263

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The following table reflects activity related to Goodwill from September 30, 2007 to March 31, 2008:


	in millions
Balance at September 30, 2007	$	—
Goodwill acquired		9,145
Additional consideration paid by Visa U.S.A. in connection with the true-up of ownership among participating regions		1,150
Deferred tax liability adjustments		(90	)
Adjustment to liability under the framework agreement		7
Other tax adjustments		4

Balance at March 31, 2008	$	10,216

As discussed above under “True-Up of Purchase Consideration,” under the guidelines of SFAS No. 141 the ownership interest of the Visa U.S.A. member group in the Company was reduced as a result of the true-up, with a corresponding increase in the collective ownership interest of the other stockholders, resulting in additional purchase consideration. The additional purchase consideration of $1.15 billion was recorded as an increase in additional paid-in capital and goodwill.

Goodwill was adjusted by $90 million due to the release of the deferred tax liability related to Visa U.S.A.’s historical equity ownership interest in Visa International, a $7 million adjustment to the liability under the framework agreement and $4 million due to the adoption of FIN 48 and other tax adjustments.

The purchased intangibles and goodwill are not deductible for tax purposes. Substantially all of the identifiable intangible assets have an indefinite life and accordingly are not subject to amortization. The Company has determined that all goodwill is attributable to its single reportable segment.

Pro Forma Results of Operations

The following Visa Inc. pro forma results of operations for the three and six months ended March 31, 2007 have been prepared to give effect to the reorganization described above assuming it occurred on October 1, 2006, the beginning of the periods presented.

The pro forma results of operations are presented for illustrative purposes only and are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that would have been obtained had these events actually occurred on October 1, 2006, nor do they intend to be a projection of future results of operations. The pro forma results of operations have been prepared by applying adjustments to the historical unaudited consolidated statements of operations of Visa U.S.A., Visa International and Visa Canada for the three and six months ended March 31, 2007.


(in millions except per share and net income per share data)	Three Months Ended March 31, 2007			Six Months Ended March 31, 2007
	(unaudited)
Operating Revenues
Service fees	$	614		$	1,191
Data processing fees		370			747
Volume and support incentives		(187	)		(323	)
International transaction fees		281			529
Other revenues		113			221

Total operating revenues		1,191			2,365

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(in millions except per share and net income per share data)	Three Months Ended March 31, 2007			Six Months Ended March 31, 2007
	(unaudited)

Operating Expenses
Personnel		269			542
Network, EDP and communications		69			137
Advertising, marketing, and promotion		182			387
Professional and consulting fees		136			237
Depreciation and amortization		54			109
Administrative and other		74			150
Litigation provision		13			15

Total operating expenses		797			1,577

Operating income		394			788
Other Income (Expenses)
Interest expense, net		(24	)		(48	)
Investment income, net		36			76

Total other income		12			28

Income before income taxes		406			816
Income tax expense		160			321

Net income	$	246		$	495

Basic and diluted income per share	$	0.32		$	0.64

Shares used in basic and diluted income per share		775,080,512			775,080,512

California Special Deduction

The pro forma statements of operations presented above reflect the Company’s continuing eligibility to claim the special deduction afforded to companies that operate on a cooperative or mutual basis under California Revenue and Taxation Code §24405 (referred to hereafter as “the special deduction”). The State of California, where both Visa U.S.A. and Visa International are headquartered, historically has not taxed a substantial portion of the reported income of these companies on the basis that both operate on a cooperative or mutual basis and are therefore eligible for the special deduction. As taxpayers eligible for the special deduction, Visa U.S.A. and Visa International were generally only subject to California taxation on interest and investment income. Therefore, the majority of each company’s income has not historically been taxed in California.

Upon the Company’s completion of an IPO and the consequent ownership by parties other than the Company’s financial institution customers, the Company is no longer eligible to claim the special deduction and is subject to California taxation as a traditional, for-profit business enterprise. Had ineligibility for the special deduction been reflected at October 1, 2006 in the pro forma condensed combined statements of operations, pro forma income tax expense would increase and pro forma net income would decrease by approximately $13 million and $22 million for the three and six months ended March 31, 2007, respectively. The Company’s tax provision for the three and six months ended March 31, 2008 was updated to reflect the loss of the special deduction in the quarter ended March 31, 2008. See Note 15—Income Taxes.

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Other Contingencies

The Company has not identified any material unrecorded pre-acquisition contingencies other than future adjustments to the liability under the framework agreement where the related asset, liability or impairment is probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated. Prior to the end of the one-year purchase price allocation period, if information becomes available that would indicate it is probable that such events had occurred and the amounts can be reasonably estimated, such items will be included in the final purchase price allocation and may adjust goodwill.

Note 4—Visa Europe

As discussed in Note 1—Organization, Visa Europe remained a separate entity owned and governed by its European member banks after the reorganization. Under the terms of the reorganization, Visa Europe exchanged its ownership interest in Visa International and Inovant for the following consideration: (i) an 8.1% ownership interest in the form of class EU (series I) and class EU (series III) common stock (see Note 3—The Reorganization), (ii) a 3.6% ownership interest in the form of class EU (series II) common stock, (iii) a put-call option agreement, and (iv) a framework agreement.

Class EU (Series II) Common Stock and Class C (Series II) Common Stock

At the date of reorganization, Visa Europe received a 3.6% ownership interest in Visa Inc. in the form of class EU (series II) common stock. On March 17, 2008, the class EU (series II) common stock converted on a one-to-one basis into shares of class C (series II) common stock. On March 19, 2008, the Company issued 51,844,393 additional shares of class C (series II) stock at a price of $44 per share in exchange for a subscription receivable from Visa Europe. This issuance and subscription receivable were recorded as offsetting entries in temporary equity on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2008. See Note 10—Stockholders’ Equity and Redeemable Shares for a description of the true-up.

Fair Value of Class C (Series II) Common Stock

The Company determined the fair value of the class C (series II) common stock, which is the equivalent of class EU (series II common stock), to be $1.104 billion at October 1, 2007. The Company determined fair value by discounting the redemption price using a risk-free rate based on the probability and timing of the successful completion of an IPO and its intention to redeem these shares in October 2008. Upon completion of the Company’s IPO, the redemption feature of this stock was triggered. The fair value of the class C (series II) common shares was determined to be $1.125 billion and was classified as temporary or mezzanine level equity on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet in accordance with EITF Topic D-98, “Classification and Measurement of Redeemable Securities.” The Company determined fair value at this date by discounting the redemption price using a risk-free interest rate based on its intention to redeem these shares in October 2008. (See Note 10—Stockholders’ Equity and Redeemable Shares).

Visa Europe Put-Call Option Agreement

Visa Inc. and Visa Europe have entered into a put-call option agreement under which Visa Inc. granted Visa Europe a perpetual put option to require Visa Inc. to purchase from the Visa Europe members all of the issued

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shares of capital stock of Visa Europe. The put option may be exercised by Visa Europe at any time after March 25, 2009. The Company is required to purchase the shares of Visa Europe no later than 285 days after exercise of the put option. In addition, Visa Europe granted to Visa Inc. a call option under which the Company will be entitled to purchase all of the share capital of Visa Europe. The Company may exercise the call option, subject to certain conditions, at any time following certain triggering events. At the date of reorganization or October 1, 2007 and at March 31, 2008, the fair value of the put option was approximately $346 million and is recorded within other liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet.

Fair Value of the Put and Call Options

The Company determined the fair value of the put option, approximately $346 million at March 31, 2008 and October 1, 2007, using probability-weighted models designed to estimate the Company’s liability assuming various possible exercise decisions that Visa Europe could make under different economic conditions in the future, including the possibility that Visa Europe will never exercise its option. This liability is carried at fair value in other liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet with changes in fair value included in the Company’s statement of operations similar to the treatment required by SFAS No. 133 and reclassified as a short-term liability when it becomes payable within a year. The key assumptions used in these models are dictated by the various elements of the put option strike price calculation and the Company’s estimation of the fair value of Visa Europe at the assumed date of exercise.

Significant key inputs used in the determination of the fair value of the put option include the estimated probability of exercise and various assumptions used in the estimation of the Company’s obligation in the event of exercise. These include the estimated differential between the 12-month forward price-to-earnings multiple applicable to the Company’s common stock and that applicable to Visa Europe on a stand alone basis at the time of exercise and the estimated growth of Visa Europe’s sustainable net operating income. These key inputs are unobservable.

The Company determined that the call option contained in the put-call option agreement has nominal value at March 31, 2008 as the conditions under which it is exercisable are deemed remote.

The Framework Agreement

The relationship between Visa Inc. and Visa Europe is governed by a framework agreement, which provides for trademark and technology licenses and bilateral services.

Trademark and Technology Licenses

Visa Inc., Visa U.S.A., Visa International and Inovant, as the licensors, granted to Visa Europe exclusive, irrevocable and perpetual licenses to use the Visa trademarks and technology intellectual property owned by the licensors and certain affiliates within the Visa Europe region for use in the field of financial services, payments, related information technology and information processing services and participation in the Visa system. Visa Europe may sublicense the Visa trademarks and technology intellectual property to its members and other sublicensees, such as processors, for use within Visa Europe’s region and, in certain limited circumstances, outside the Visa Europe region.

First Fee Reduction Component

From the period October 1, 2007 through November 8, 2007, the fee payable for the licenses is $6 million per quarter. Thereafter until October 5, 2008, the fee payable for the licenses will be approximately $143 million

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per year, payable quarterly, which is referred to as the quarterly base fee, reduced by an amount equal to $1.146 billion multiplied by the three-month LIBOR rate plus 100 to 200 basis points (the “LIBOR rate”). Thereafter, the fee payable for the licenses will be the quarterly base fee. Beginning November 9, 2010, this fee will be increased annually based on the annual growth of the gross domestic product of the European Union.

Second Fee Reduction Component

The quarterly base fee will be reduced between March 19, 2008 (the date the Company’s shares commenced trading on the New York Stock Exchange) and October 5, 2008 by an amount equal to the product of the following: (i) Visa Inc.’s IPO price per share net of any underwriting discounts and commissions or $42.77 per share (“net IPO price”); (ii) 35,263,585, the number of shares of Visa Inc. held by Visa Europe (other than class C (series II) common stock) that would have been redeemed immediately, but for provisions that delay the redemption of shares held by Visa Europe until one year following the date of the reorganization; and (iii) the LIBOR rate.

The Company determined through an analysis of the fee rates implied by the economics of the agreement that the quarterly base fee, as adjusted in future periods based on the growth of the gross domestic product of the European Union, approximates fair value. As a result of the first and second fee reduction components, the trademark and technology license agreement represents a contract that is below fair value.

Calculation of Liability under the Framework Agreement

At October 1, 2007, the Company recorded a liability of approximately $132 million, consisting of $113 million recorded in accrued liabilities and $19 million recorded in other long-term liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet, to reflect the Company’s obligation to provide this license at below fair value. The application of the LIBOR rate in determining the first and second fee reduction components represents a variable interest element embedded within the framework agreement, which the Company has treated as an embedded derivative with changes in fair value reflected in Visa Inc.’s consolidated statement of operations under the guidelines of SFAS No. 133.

Subsequent to October 1, 2007, the Company made adjustments to its liability under the framework agreement as follows:


	Fiscal 2008
	(in millions)
Balance at October 1	$	132
Adjustments impacting Goodwill⁽¹⁾		7
License fees earned and received from Visa Europe		(43	)
LIBOR rate adjustments⁽²⁾		(36	)

Balance at March 31⁽³⁾	$	60

(1)	The Company made adjustments to the calculation of its liability of (i) $2 million to reflect a minor adjustment to the calculation methodology and (ii) $5 million to update the liability to reflect actual IPO assumptions.

(2)	Reduction due to adjustments to remeasure the fair value of the liability at the applicable LIBOR rate of 2.69% at March 31, 2008 with an offset to other income (expense) in the consolidated statements of operations.

(3)	Liability under the framework agreement is recorded in accrued liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2008. The liability consists of approximately $26 million and $34 million related to the estimated future impact of the first and second fee components, respectively.

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Other Obligations under Trademark and Technology Licenses

Visa Europe must comply with certain agreed upon global rules governing the use and interoperability of the Visa trademarks and interoperability of Visa Inc.’s systems with the systems of Visa Europe. In addition, the parties will guarantee the obligations of their respective customers and members to settle transactions between such customers and members, service global customers, participate in certain global sponsorships, manage certain global programs, establish rules for servicing global merchants, ensure that their customers and members require acceptance of globally accepted cards, maintain adequate capital levels to support their ongoing business operations and establish and comply with rules relating to the operation of the Visa enterprise. The Company will indemnify Visa Europe for any claims arising from activities within the field brought outside Visa Europe’s region and Visa Europe will indemnify Visa Inc. for any claims arising from activities within the field brought within Visa Europe’s region. The Company has not recorded liabilities associated with these obligations as the fair value of such obligations was determined to be nominal at March 31, 2008.

Bilateral Services

Visa Inc. and Visa Europe provide each other with transitional and ongoing services similar to those services previously provided among Visa U.S.A., Visa International, Inovant, Visa Canada and Visa Europe. Visa Inc. provides Visa Europe, on an ongoing basis, with authorization services for cross-border transactions involving Visa Europe’s region and the rest of the world, as well as clearing and settlement system services between Visa Europe’s region and the rest of the world. Until Visa Europe’s regional clearing and settlement system is deployed, Visa Inc. also provides clearing and settlement system services within Visa Europe’s region. In addition, the parties share foreign exchange revenues related to currency conversion for transactions involving European cardholders as well as other cross-border transactions that take place in Visa Europe’s region until Visa Europe’s regional clearing and settlement system is deployed, at which time this arrangement will cease. The parties also use each others’ switching and processing services.

Visa Europe indemnifies Visa Inc. for any claims arising out of the provision of the services brought by Visa Europe’s member banks against Visa Inc., while Visa Inc. indemnifies Visa Europe for any claims arising out of the provision of the services brought against Visa Europe by Visa Inc.’s customer financial institutions.

The Company has determined that no material value was exchanged in the bilateral services agreement above or below fair value as a result of agreeing to receive or perform services at specified rates. The Company made this determination by comparing the pricing specified in the agreement to those routinely charged by comparable third party service providers. As a result, the Company has not recorded an asset or liability to reflect an obligation to provide or receive services at above or below fair value.

Note 5—Retrospective Responsibility Plan

As part of the reorganization, the Company entered into several related mechanisms, including a series of agreements designed to address potential liability under certain litigation referred to as the “covered litigation.” These mechanisms are referred to as the retrospective responsibility plan and consist of an escrow agreement, a loss sharing agreement, an interchange judgment sharing agreement, the conversion feature of the Company’s shares of class B common stock and the indemnification obligations of the Visa U.S.A. members pursuant to Visa U.S.A.’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws and in accordance with their membership agreements.

In accordance with the escrow agreement, following the Company’s IPO, the Company deposited $3.0 billion of the proceeds of the offering in an escrow account from which settlements of, or judgments in, the covered litigation will be paid. The escrow funds are held in money market investments with the income earned, less the applicable taxes, classified as short term and long term restricted cash on the Company’s consolidated

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balance sheet. The amount of the escrow funds equivalent to the actual, undiscounted amount of covered litigation payments expected to be made beyond one year from the balance sheet date is classified as a non-current asset. The amount of the escrow was determined by the litigation committee. The litigation committee was established pursuant to a litigation management agreement among Visa Inc., Visa U.S.A., Visa International, and the members of the litigation committee, all of whom are affiliated with, or act for, certain Visa U.S.A. members. The litigation committee: (i) determined the amount of the proceeds from the IPO to be deposited in the escrow account; (ii) may request the issuance of a follow-on offering of class A common stock to increase the size of the escrow account, subject to Visa Inc.’s right to delay the filing or effectiveness of a registration statement under certain circumstances; and (iii) may recommend or refer the cash payment portion of a proposed settlement of any covered litigation to the Visa Inc. board of directors.

Visa Inc. has entered into a loss sharing agreement with Visa U.S.A., Visa International and certain Visa U.S.A. members. The loss sharing agreement provides for the indemnification of Visa U.S.A., Visa International and, in certain circumstances, Visa Inc. with respect to: (i) the amount of a final judgment paid by Visa U.S.A. or Visa International in the covered litigation after the operation of the interchange judgment sharing agreement, plus any amounts reimbursable to the interchange judgment sharing agreement signatories; or (ii) the damages portion of a settlement of a covered litigation that is approved as required under Visa U.S.A.’s certificate of incorporation by the vote of Visa U.S.A.’s members. The several obligation of each bank that is a party to the loss sharing agreement will equal the amount of any final judgment enforceable against Visa U.S.A., Visa International or any other signatory to the interchange judgment sharing agreement, or the amount of any approved settlement of a covered litigation, multiplied by such bank’s then-current membership proportion as calculated in accordance with Visa U.S.A.’s certificate of incorporation.

Visa U.S.A. and Visa International also entered into an interchange judgment sharing agreement with certain Visa U.S.A. members that have been named as defendants in the interchange litigation. Under this judgment sharing agreement, the Visa U.S.A. members that are signatories will pay their membership proportion of the amount of a final judgment not allocated to the conduct of MasterCard.

Visa Inc., Visa U.S.A. and Visa International entered into a settlement agreement with American Express that became effective on November 9, 2007. Under the settlement agreement, American Express will receive maximum payment of $2.25 billion, including up to $2.07 billion from the Company, which will be funded through the litigation escrow account, and $185 million from five co-defendant banks. An initial payment of $1.13 billion was made during the three months ended March 31, 2008, including $945 million from the Company, which reduced the litigation escrow account. Beginning with the quarter ended March 31, 2008, the Company will pay American Express an additional amount of up to $70 million each quarter for 16 quarters, for a maximum total of $1.12 billion. The initial quarterly payment was made in April 2008. The present value of total future payments, discounted at 4.72%, or $1.9 billion, was included in litigation provision in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations during fiscal 2007. Accrued litigation of $1.0 billion and $1.9 billion was included in current and long-term accrued litigation on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets at March 31, 2008 and September 30, 2007, respectively. The Company recorded $23 million and $46 million in accretion on this obligation, included in interest expense on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations for the three and six months ended March 31, 2008, respectively. Visa Inc. intends to fund its payment obligations under the American Express settlement with amounts in the escrow account, in accordance with the terms of the retrospective responsibility plan.

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The following table sets forth the change in the escrow account during the six months ended March 31, 2008:


	Fiscal 2008
	(in millions)
Balance at October 1	$	—
IPO proceeds used to fund escrow		3,000
Initial American Express settlement payment		(945	)
Interest earned		—

Balance at March 31	$	2,055

To the extent that amounts available under the escrow arrangement and agreements in the retrospective responsibility plan are insufficient to fully resolve the covered litigation, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to enforce the indemnification obligations of Visa U.S.A.’s members for such excess amount, including but not limited to enforcing indemnification obligations pursuant to Visa U.S.A.’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws and in accordance with their membership agreements. During the quarter ended March 31, 2008, the Company recorded an additional litigation provision of approximately $285 million related to the covered litigation. See Note 16—Legal Matters for further information regarding pending litigation.

Note 6—Investments

Available-for-Sale Investments

Available-for-sale investment securities, which are recorded at fair value, consist of debt securities issued by governments and government-sponsored entities, tax-exempt municipal bonds, auction rate securities issued by corporations and mutual fund investments in equity securities and other marketable equity securities. The amortized cost, unrealized gains and losses, and fair value of available-for-sale securities are as follows:


	Available-For-Sale
	Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized				Fair Value
	Amortized Cost		Gains		Losses		Fair Value
March 31, 2008:
Debt securities:
U.S. government-sponsored entities	$	514	$	12	$	—	$	526
Canadian government debt securities		7		—		—		7
Tax-exempt municipal bonds		5		—		—		5
Corporate debt securities		51		—		—		51
Asset backed securities		32		—		1		31
Mortgage backed securities		31		—		1		30
Auction rate securities		13		—		—		13
Equity securities		138		1		10		129

Total	$	791	$	13	$	12	$	792
Less: current portion of available-for-sale securities								(598	)

Long-term available-for-sale securities							$	194

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	Available-For-Sale
	Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized				Fair Value
	Amortized Cost		Gains		Losses		Fair Value
September 30, 2007:
Debt securities:
U.S. government-sponsored entities	$	1,272	$	2	$	—	$	1,274
Tax-exempt municipal bonds		9		—		—		9
Auction rate securities		152		—		—		152
Equity securities		45		4		—		49

Total	$	1,478	$	6	$	—	$	1,484
Less: current portion of available-for-sale securities								(747	)

Long-term available-for-sale securities							$	737

The contractual maturity of available-for-sale debt securities regardless of their balance sheet classification is as follows:


	Amortized Cost		Fair Value
March 31, 2008:
Due within one year	$	468	$	470
Due within thirteen months and four years		185		193
Due within five to eleven years		—		—

Total	$	653	$	663

At March 31, 2008, equity securities with a fair value and unrealized losses of $67 million and $10 million, respectively, were in an unrealized loss position for less than one year. At March 31, 2008, there were no investments which had been in a significant unrealized loss position for a period of greater than one year.

Equity securities primarily consist of mutual fund investments related to various employee compensation plans. For these plans, employees bear the risk of market fluctuations over the term of their participation in the compensation plan. Losses experienced on these equity investments are offset by reductions in personnel expense. Unrealized losses on equity securities were caused by changes in market conditions. At March 31, 2008, a total of 22 mutual fund investments are in an unrealized loss position. Based on an evaluation of the near-term prospects of these investments and management’s ability and intent to hold these investments for a reasonable period of time sufficient for a forecasted recovery of fair value, the Company does not consider these investments to be other-than-temporarily impaired at March 31, 2008.

During the three months ended March 31, 2008, the Company recognized losses on auction rate securities of $7 million. There were no other investments that realized significant losses during the three and six months ended March 31, 2008.

Other Investments

At March 31, 2008, investments accounted for under the cost and equity methods totaled $572 million, of which $565 million were acquired in the reorganization from Visa International and were recorded at their fair value at the date of acquisition. At September 30, 2007, investments accounted for under the cost and equity methods, excluding Visa U.S.A.’s investment in Visa International and Visa U.S.A.’s investments in real estate

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ventures owned jointly by itself and Visa International, totaled $4 million. Investments accounted for under the cost and equity methods are included in other assets on the consolidated balance sheets, except for Visa U.S.A.’s investment in Visa International, which is shown as a separate line on the September 30, 2007 consolidated balance sheet.

Note 7—Property, Equipment and Technology

Property, Equipment and Technology consisted of the following:


	March 31, 2008			September 30, 2007
	(in millions)
Land	$	71		$	30
Buildings and building improvements		362			89
Furniture, equipment and leasehold improvements		513			370
Technology		502			249
Construction-in-progress		171			45

Total property, equipment and technology		1,619			783
Accumulated depreciation and amortization		(601	)		(470	)

Property, equipment, and technology, net	$	1,018		$	313

Furniture, equipment and leasehold improvements include certain transportation assets acquired during the three months ended March 31, 2008, with an original cost of $56 million. Construction-in-progress primarily reflects cost related to the ongoing construction of the Company’s east coast data center which is expected to commence operations in 2010.

Technology consists of both purchased and internally developed software. Internally developed software represents software utilized by the VisaNet electronic payment network. At March 31, 2008, and September 30, 2007, accumulated amortization for technology was $244 million and $176 million, respectively.

At March 31, 2008, estimated future amortization expense on technology was as follows:


Fiscal
2008 (remaining six months)	$	60
2009		105
2010		89
2011		4
2012		—
2013		—

Total	$	258

Depreciation and amortization expenses related to property, equipment and technology was $59 million and $28 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, and $121 million and $57 million for the six months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. Included in those amounts are amortization expense on technology of $34 million and $9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, and $67 million and $19 million for the six months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

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Note 8—Pension, Postretirement and Other Benefits

United States Plans

The Company sponsors various qualified and non-qualified defined benefit pension and postretirement benefit plans which provide retirement and medical benefits for substantially all employees residing in the United States.

Components of Net Periodic Benefit Costs

The components of net periodic benefit costs of the United States pension and other postretirement plans for the three and six months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 are as follows:


	U.S. Defined Benefit Pension Plans						Postretirement Benefit Plan
	For the three months ended March 31,
	2008			2007			2008			2007
	(in millions)
Service cost	$	12		$	16		$	1		$	1
Interest cost		10			11			1			1
Expected return on assets		(10	)		(9	)		—			—
Amortization of:
Prior service cost (credit)		(3	)		—			(1	)		(1	)
Actuarial loss		2			2			1			1
Settlement loss		1			—			—			—

Total net periodic pension cost	$	12		$	20		$	2		$	2

Visa U.S.A. share of net periodic pension cost				$	16					$	2


	U.S. Defined Benefit Pension Plans						Postretirement Benefit Plan
	For the six months ended March 31,
	2008			2007			2008			2007
	(in millions)
Service cost	$	25		$	31		$	2		$	3
Interest cost		20			22			2			2
Expected return on assets		(21	)		(18	)		—			—
Amortization of:
Prior service cost (credit)		(7	)		—			(2	)		(2	)
Actuarial loss		4			4			1			1
Settlement loss		1			—						—

Total net periodic pension cost	$	22		$	39		$	3		$	4

Visa U.S.A. share of net periodic pension cost				$	31					$	3

For the three months ended March 31, 2008, the Company contributed $3 million and $1 million to each of the pension and postretirement plans, respectively. For the six months ended March 31, 2008, the Company contributed $4 million and $2 million to the pension and postretirement plans, respectively. The expected

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contributions from employer assets to the pension plans and postretirement plan for fiscal 2008 are expected to be at least $62 million and $5 million, respectively. The Company will continue to monitor the performance of pension plan assets and market conditions in evaluating its contribution to the pension plans in fiscal 2008.

Net settlement losses on plan assets, included in personnel expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations, are as follows:


	Three months ended March 31,				Six months ended March 31,
	2008		2007		2008		2007
	(in millions)
Plan payments:
Total excess pension plan payments	$	3	$	—	$	4	$	—

Visa U.S.A. portion of excess pension plan payments			$	—			$	—

Settlement loss:
Total net settlement loss	$	1	$	—	$	1	$	—

Visa U.S.A. portion of net settlement loss			$	—			$	—

Note 9—Debt

2002 Senior Secured Notes

In December 2002, Visa U.S.A. issued $200 million in senior secured notes with maturity dates of five and ten years. The series A senior secured notes were paid at December 31, 2007. The net carrying amount of the series B senior secured notes at March 31, 2008, is $32 million.

As a result of the American Express settlement described in Note 16—Legal Matters, the Company was in default of certain financial performance covenants on its series B senior secured notes and the debt was classified as a current liability at September 30, 2007. In March 2008, the Company executed the second waiver to Note Purchase Agreements and the Series B Noteholders agreed to waive the default through May 31, 2008, to allow the Company to complete and execute an Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement prior to the waiver termination date. The Company expects to execute the amendment by May 31, 2008, and will continue to classify related debt as a current liability until the amendment is executed.

Note Purchase Agreement

In September 1994, a real estate partnership owned jointly by Visa U.S.A. and Visa International issued notes that are secured by certain office properties and facilities in California which are used by the Company. Series B of these notes, totaling $26 million, were issued with an interest rate of 8.28% and a stated maturity of September 23, 2014, and are payable monthly with interest-only payments for the first ten years and payments of interest and principal for the remainder of the term. Series B issuance costs of $0.5 million are being amortized on a straight-line basis over the life of the term. The net carrying amount of the Series B notes at March 31, 2008, is $19 million.

In September 1995, a separate real estate partnership owned jointly by Visa U.S.A. and Visa International issued notes that are secured by certain office properties and facilities in California which are used by the Company. Series B of these notes, totaling $27 million, were issued with an interest rate of 7.83% and a stated maturity of September 15, 2015, and are payable monthly with interest-only payments for the first ten years and payments of interest and principal for the remainder of the term. Series B debt issuance costs of $0.3 million and

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a $0.8 million loss on termination of a forward contract are being amortized on a straight-line basis over the life of the notes. The net carrying amount of the series B notes at March 31, 2008, is $22 million.

As a result of the American Express settlement, described in Note 16—Legal Matters, the 1994 partnership was in default of certain performance covenants under the terms of the debt agreement. As compliance of this debt agreement is a financial covenant for the 1995 partnership’s debt agreement, the settlement triggered a cross-default, and the related debt was classified as a current liability at September 30, 2007. In March 2008, Visa U.S.A. and Visa International executed the second waiver to the 1994 note purchase agreement and the Series B Noteholders agreed to waive the default through May 31, 2008. The Company expects to execute an amendment by May 31, 2008, and will continue to classify related debt as a current liability until the amendment is executed.

As of March 31, 2008, Visa U.S.A. and Visa International were in default of certain financial covenants under the 1995 note purchase agreement. Visa U.S.A. and Visa International executed a waiver to the 1995 note purchase agreement in April 2008 in which the Series B noteholders agreed to waive the default. Since the default was not cured by March 31, 2008, the net carrying amount, or $22 million, remained classified as a current liability at March 31, 2008.

Note 10—Stockholders’ Equity and Redeemable Shares

Pursuant to the amended and restated certificate of incorporation, the Company has the following shares of preferred and common stock authorized, issued and outstanding at March 31, 2008 (in whole numbers):


	Par Value		Authorized Preferred and Common Shares	Issued and Outstanding Shares
Preferred stock	$	0.0001	25,000,000	—
Common stock
Class A	$	0.0001	2,001,622,245,209	447,889,803
Class B (1)	$	0.0001	622,245,209	245,513,385
Class C (series I)	$	0.0001	813,582,801	124,503,084
Class C (series II)	$	0.0001	218,582,801	79,748,857
Class C (series III)	$	0.0001	64,000,000	62,213,201
Class C (series IV)	$	0.0001	1,000,000	549,587

			2,003,366,656,020	960,417,917

(1)	The amount of Class B common stock is net of 123,525,418 shares held by wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company.

No shares were outstanding at September 30, 2007 as Visa U.S.A. was a non-stock corporation at September 30, 2007.

The preferred stock may be issued as redeemable or non-redeemable, and it has preference over any class or series of common stock with respect to the payment of dividends and distribution of the Company’s assets in the event of a liquidation or dissolution. The shares of common stock participate ratably on an as-converted basis, as discussed below, in dividends or distributions paid by the Company on the common stock, regardless of class or series.

Conversion

True-Up

In accordance with the terms of the restructuring agreement, dated as of June 15, 2007 and amended as of August 24, 2007, on March 17, 2008 all of the Company’s regional classes and series of common stock were

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converted into either class B or class C common stock. In connection with this conversion, ownership was reallocated in order to reflect the relative contribution of the participating regions to the Company’s financial performance for the four quarters ended December 31, 2007. The conversion rates applied were based on the relative under- or over-achievement (beyond certain percentage limits) of each participating region’s net revenue targets for that period. The shares held by Visa Europe were not subject to the true-up, but were converted on a one-to-one basis from class EU (series I, II, III) common stock to class C (series III, II, and IV) common stock concurrent with the true-up.

The results of the true-up are reflected in the table below. Fractional shares resulting from the conversion of the shares of each individual stockholder have been rounded down. These fractional shares were paid in cash to stockholders as part of the initial redemption of class B common stock and class C common stock following the IPO.


Outstanding Regional Classes and Series of Common Stock Prior to the True-Up	Converted Classes and Series of Common Stock after the True-Up	Number of Regional Classes and Series of Common Stock Prior to the True-Up	True-up Conversion Ratio	Number of Converted Classes and Series of Common Stock after the True-Up
Class USA⁽¹⁾	Class B⁽²⁾	426,390,481	0.93870	400,251,872
Class EU (series I)	Class C (series III)	62,213,201	1.00000	62,213,201
Class EU (series II)	Class C (series II)	27,904,464	1.00000	27,904,464
Class EU (series III)	Class C (series IV)	549,587	1.00000	549,587
Class Canada	Class C (series I)	22,034,685	0.98007	21,595,528
Class AP	Class C (series I)	119,100,481	1.19043	141,780,635
Class LAC	Class C (series I)	80,137,915	1.07110	85,835,549
Class CEMEA	Class C (series I)	36,749,698	0.95101	34,949,123

(1)	The amount of the class USA common stock is net of 131,592,008 shares held by wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company.

(2)	The amount of the class B common stock is net of 123,525,418 shares held by wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company.

Also, the Company issued 51,844,393 additional shares of class C (series II) common stock at a price of $44 per share in exchange for a subscription receivable from Visa Europe. This issuance and subscription receivable were recorded as offsetting entries in temporary equity on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2008.

Initial Public Offering

In March , 2008, the Company completed its IPO with the issuance of 446,600,000 shares of class A common stock at a net offering price of $42.77 (the IPO price of $44.00 per share of class A common stock, less underwriting discounts and commissions of $1.23 per share). The Company received net proceeds of $19.1 billion as a result of the IPO.

Redemption

Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock Other than Class C (Series II) Common Stock

On March 28, 2008, the Company completed the required redemption of a portion of the class B common stock and class C (series I) common stock. The Company used $13.4 billion of net proceeds from the IPO to redeem 154,738,487 shares of class B common stock and 159,657,751 shares of class C (series I) common stock

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at a redemption price of $42.77 per share. Immediately after giving effect to the redemption and subject to the restrictions set forth in the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate”) and the conversion and transfer restrictions below, all outstanding shares of class B common stock will be convertible into 175,367,482 shares of class A common stock and 152,002,287 shares of class C (series I, III and IV) common stock will be convertible into shares of Class A common stock on a one-to-one basis. The number of shares of class C (series I, III and IV) common stock convertible into shares of class A common stock excludes those class C (series III) common shares subject to redemption in October 2008, as further described below.

Further, as required by the Certificate, the Company intends to use $1.508 billion of net proceeds from the IPO to redeem 35,263,585 shares of class C (series III) common stock at a redemption price of $42.77 per share in October 2008. Following this October 2008 redemption, the remaining 27,499,203 shares of class C (series III) and class C (series IV) common stock outstanding will automatically convert into shares of class C (series I) common stock on a one-to-one basis.

Class C (Series II) Common Stock

The Company intends to use $1.146 billion of the net proceeds from the IPO to fund the redemption of all class C (series II) common stock in October 2008. Upon execution of the IPO, Visa Europe has the option to require the Company to redeem all class C (series II) common stock at any time after December 4, 2008. As a result, in March 2008, the Company reclassified all class C (series II) common stock at its then fair value of $1.125 billion to temporary equity on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet with a corresponding reduction in additional paid-in-capital of $1.104 billion and accumulated income (deficit) of $21 million. The Company will accrete this stock to its redemption price of $1.146 billion, adjusted for dividends and certain other adjustments, on a straight-line basis, from March 2008 to October 2008 through accumulated income or in the absence of accumulated income, through additional paid in capital. Concurrent with the true-up discussed above, the Company issued 51,844,393 additional shares of class C (series II) stock at a price of $44 per share in exchange for a subscription receivable from Visa Europe. This issuance and subscription receivable were recorded as offsetting entries in temporary equity on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2008.

Conversion and Transfer Restrictions

Class B Common Stock

The class B common stock is not convertible or transferable until the later of March 25, 2011 and the date on which all of the covered litigation has been finally resolved, although the Company’s board of directors may make exceptions to this transfer restriction after resolution of all covered litigation. This transfer restriction is subject to limited exceptions, including transfers to other class B shareholders. After termination of the restrictions, the class B common stock will be convertible into class A common stock if transferred to a person that was not, a Visa member or similar person or affiliate of a Visa member or similar person, as defined in the Certificate. Upon such transfer, each common share will automatically convert into a number of shares of class A common stock based upon the applicable conversion rate in effect at the time of such transfer.

Immediately following the IPO, the conversion rate applicable to class B common stock was reduced to 0.71 shares of class A common stock for each share of class B common stock. The conversion rate was adjusted to reflect the initial deposit of $3.0 billion, as determined by the litigation committee, into the litigation escrow account. Settlements of, or judgments in, the covered litigation will be paid using the litigation escrow account. Further adjustment to the conversion rate applicable to class B shares will occur upon: (i) the completion of any

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follow-on offering of class A common stock completed in order to increase the size of the litigation escrow account; or (ii) the final resolution of the covered litigation and the release of funds remaining on deposit in the litigation escrow account. No conversion of class B common stock will be effected until all applicable restrictions on the transfer of class B common stock have expired. See Note 5—Retrospective Responsibility Plan.

Class C Common Stock

The class C common stock, other then class C (series II) common stock and class C (series III) redemption shares, is not convertible into class A common stock or transferable until March 25, 2011, although the Company’s board of directors may make exceptions to this transfer restriction. This transfer restriction is subject to limited exceptions, including transfers to other class stockholders. After termination of the restrictions, the class C common stock will be convertible into class A common stock if transferred to a person that was not, immediately after the reorganization, a Visa member, Upon such transfer, each common share will automatically convert into a number of shares of class A common stock based upon the applicable conversion rate in effect at the time of such transfer.

The conversion rate of the class C common stock, other then class C (series II) common stock and class C (series III) redemption shares, into class A common stock is on a one-to-one basis, subject to adjustments for stock splits, recapitalizations and similar transactions. Class C (series II) common stock and class C (series III) redemption shares are not convertible into class A common stock. Immediately after the completion of the partial redemption of the class C (series III) common stock in October 2008 described above, each outstanding share of class C (series III) common stock and class C (series IV) common stock will automatically be converted into class C (series I) common stock. No conversion into class A common stock of class C common stock will be effected until all applicable restrictions on such transfers have expired.

Voting Rights

The holders of class A common stock have the right to vote on all matters on which stockholders generally are entitled to vote. All holders of class B and class C common stock have no right to vote on any matters, except for certain defined matters, including any consolidation, merger, combination or any decision to exit the core payments business, in which the holders of class B and class C common stock (other than class C (series II) common stock) are entitled to cast a number of votes equal to the number of shares of class B or C common stock held multiplied by the applicable conversion rate in effect on the record date.

Note 11—Net Income Per Share

For the three and six months ended March 31, 2007, Visa U.S.A. was a non-stock corporation and therefore there was no comparable measure for net income per share.

For the three and six months ended March 31, 2008, the Company calculated earnings per share in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 128, Earnings Per Share (“SFAS No. 128”). Prior to the Company’s IPO, the stockholders of each regional class of common stock were entitled to equal per share distributions of earnings whether through dividends or upon liquidation. The Company therefore presented a single earnings per share amount applicable to all outstanding classes of common stock for periods presented ending prior to the IPO. Following the IPO, the Company calculated net income per share using the two-class method under the guidelines of SFAS No. 128 to reflect the different rights of each class and series of outstanding common stock.

Calculation of Basic Earnings Per Share

Under the provisions of SFAS No. 128, basic net income per share is computed for each class and series of common stock outstanding during the period by dividing net income available to each class and series by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period.

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Earnings Allocation to Each Class and Series of Common Stock

Prior to the IPO, each class and series of common stock was legally entitled to pro rata per share distributions whether through dividends or upon liquidation. As a result, net income was allocated to each class and series of common stock for this period based on each class’ proportionate ownership.

Following the Company’s IPO, net income is ascribed to each class and series of common stock as follows:

•

Class C (series II)—After the IPO, income attributable to this class of common stock is limited to accretion recorded on the carrying value of these securities through the anticipated date of redemption (October 2008) to reflect its redemption value of $1.146 billion, adjusted for dividends and certain other adjustments. It is anticipated that total accretion of approximately $19.4 million will be recorded in each of the quarters ended June 30 and September 30, 2008. See Note 4—Visa Europe for additional information regarding class C (series II) shares.

•

Class C (series III) redemption shares—Upon IPO, 35,263,585 class C (series III) redemption shares are classified as a liability on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. While legally outstanding, these shares continue to participate on an as-converted basis in any distributions of the Company. Under the guidelines of SFAS No. 128, net income, after the allocation of accretion to the Class C (series II) common stock, is attributed to the class C (series III) redemption shares based on its proportionate ownership until redemption in October 2008. This allocation reduces the net income attributable to all other classes and series of common stock.

•

All Remaining Classes and Series of Common Stock—As described above, net income is ascribed to the remaining classes and series of common stock, including the class C (series III) redemption shares, after accretion has been allocated to the class C (series II) common stock. Net income is allocated to these classes and series of common stock proportionately on an as-converted basis, which assumes the conversion of all classes and series of common stock into class A common stock. Income available to each class and series of common stock is allocated based on the proportionate ownership of each during the periods presented.

Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding

During the three and six months ended March 31, 2008, the weighted average number of shares of each class and series of common stock outstanding reflects changes in ownership over the periods as follows:

•

October 1, 2007 through March 16, 2008: Ownership reflects the regional classes and series of common stock issued in the reorganization effective October 1, 2007 (Note 3—The Reorganization).

•

March 17, 2008 through March 18, 2008: Ownership reflects the conversion of each regional class and series of common stock to various series of class C common stock, except in the case of class USA regional common stock which was converted into class B common stock, to reflect a reallocation of ownership among the regions participating in the reorganization (the “true-up”). The shares held by Visa Europe were not subject to the true-up but were converted into class C (series II, III and IV) common stock on a one-for-one basis. See Note 3—The Reorganization and Note 10—Stockholders’ Equity and Redeemable Shares for additional information regarding the true-up and conversion of shares.

•

March 19, 2008 through March 27, 2008: Ownership reflects the impact of the following events, all of which were deemed to have occurred, for the purpose of presenting earnings per share, on March 19, 2008, the date the Company’s shares commenced trading on the New York Stock Exchange:

The issuance of 446,600,000 shares of class A common stock in connection with the Company’s IPO,

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The reclassification of all class C (series II) common stock, at its fair value of $1.125 billion, as temporary or mezzanine level equity on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet with an offset to accumulated income (deficit) to reflect its expected redemption in October 2008, and

The reclassification of 35,263,585 shares of class C (series III) common stock, which the Company is required to redeem in October 2008 (the “class C (series III) redemption shares”) and are classified as a current liability at their redemption price of $1.508 billion on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet.

•

March 28, 2008 through March 31, 2008: Ownership reflects the redemption of 154,738,487 shares of class B common stock and 159,657,751 shares of class C (series I) common stock on March 28th, 2008 as required by the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

See Note 10—Stockholders’ Equity and Redeemable Shares and the Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity and Accumulated Income (Deficit) reflecting these ownership changes over the period and for additional information regarding redeemable common shares.

Calculation of the Numerator—Basic Earnings Per Share

The following tables calculate net income allocated to each series and class of common stock in the calculation of basic earnings per share for the three and six months ended March 31, 2008.

For the three months ended March 31, 2008:


	(in millions)
Net income attributable to common stock classified in stockholders’ equity	$	301
Income and accretion allocated to Class C (Series II) common stock classified in temporary equity		11
Income allocated to Class C (Series III) common stock classified as a liability		2

Net income	$	314


Outstanding Classes and Series of Common Stock Prior to the True-Up	Converted Classes and Series of Common Stock after the True-Up	Weighted Average Shares Outstanding (A)	Income Allocation ($) (B) (in millions)			Earnings per Share = (B)/(A)
*Participating Common Stock Classified as a Liability:*
Class EU (Series I)	Class C (Series III)	5,037,655	$	2			Not presented

*Common Stock Classified as Temporary Equity:*
Class EU (Series II)	Class C (Series II)	35,310,806		11		$	0.30

*Common Stock Classified as Stockholders’ Equity:*
Class A	Class A	63,800,000		25		$	0.39
Class USA	Class B	415,280,227		155	⁽¹⁾	$	0.37
Class Canada, AP, LAC, & CEMEA	Class C (Series I)	255,313,327		99		$	0.39
Class EU (Series I & III)	Class C (Series III & IV)	57,725,133		22		$	0.39

		Net income	$	314

(1)	Net income is attributed to each class and series of common stock on an as-converted basis. For the period subsequent to the IPO, net income attributed to class B common stock reflects its conversion ratio during that

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period of 0.71 shares of class A common stock for each share of class B common stock. On an as-converted basis and for purpose of calculating net income allocated, the weighted average number of class B common shares outstanding in the period is 400,886,916.

For the six months ended March 31, 2008:


	(in millions)
Net income attributable to common stock classified in stockholders’ equity	$	710
Income and accretion allocated to Class C (Series II) common stock classified in temporary equity		26
Income allocated to Class C (Series III) common stock classified as a liability		2

Net income	$	738


Outstanding Classes and Series of Common Stock Prior to the True-Up	Converted Classes and Series of Common Stock after the True-Up	Weighted Average Shares Outstanding (A)	Income Allocation ($) (B) (in millions)			Earnings per Share = (B)/(A)
*Participating Common Stock Classified as a Liability:*
Class EU (Series I)	Class C (Series III)	2,505,063	$	2			Not presented

*Common Stock Classified as Temporary Equity:*
Class EU (Series II)	Class C (Series II)	31,587,399		26		$	0.81

*Common Stock Classified as Stockholders’ Equity:*
Class A	Class A	31,725,683		30		$	0.93
Class USA	Class B	420,865,710		385	⁽¹⁾	$	0.92
Class Canada, AP, LAC, & CEMEA	Class C (Series I)	256,675,456		239		$	0.93
Class EU (Series I & III)	Class C (Series III & IV)	60,257,725		56		$	0.93

		Net income	$	738

(1)

Net income is attributed to each class and series of common stock on an as converted basis. For the period subsequent to the IPO, net income attributed to Class B common stock reflects its conversion ratio during that period of 0.71 shares of class A common stock for each share of class B common stock. On an as-converted basis and for the purpose of calculating net income allocated, the weighted average number of class B common shares outstanding in the period is 413,708,381.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

Calculation of the Denominator—Basic Earnings Per Share

The following tables present proportional ownership of each class and series of common stock, prior and subsequent to the true-up, IPO, and initial redemptions, applied to calculate income allocated to each class and series of common stock in the calculation of basic earnings per share for the three and six months ended March 31, 2008.

For the three months ended March 31, 2008:


Outstanding Classes and Series of Common Stock Prior to the True-Up	Converted Classes and Series of Common Stock after the True-Up	Number of Common Stock Outstanding Beginning at:								Total Weighted Average Shares Outstanding for the Period
		Beginning of Period		True-Up Date		IPO Date		Initial Redemption Date		Total Weighted Average Shares Outstanding for the Period
Date of Event		January 1, 2008		March 17, 2008		March 19, 2008		March 28, 2008
Days Outstanding		76		2		9		4		91
Percentage of Period		83.52	%	2.20	%	9.89	%	4.40	%	100.00	%
*Participating Common Stock Classified as a Liability:*
	Class C (Series III)	—		—		35,263,585		35,263,585		5,037,655

*Common Stock Classified as Temporary Equity:*
	Class C (Series II)	—		—		79,748,857		79,748,857		11,392,694

*Common Stock Classified as Stockholders’ Equity:*
Class A	Class A	—		—		446,600,000		446,600,000		63,800,000
Class USA⁽¹⁾	Class B⁽²⁾	426,390,481		400,251,872		400,251,872		245,513,385		415,280,227
Class Canada, AP, LAC, & CEMEA	Class C (Series I)	258,022,779		284,160,835		284,160,835		124,503,084		255,313,327
Class EU (Series I & III)	Class C (Series III & IV)	62,762,788		62,762,788		27,499,203		27,499,203		57,725,133
Class EU (Series II)	Class C (Series II)	27,904,464		27,904,464		—		—		23,918,112

(1)	The amount of class USA common stock is net of 131,592,008 shares held by wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company.

(2)	The amount of class B common stock is net of 123,525,418 shares held by wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company.

For the six months ended March 31, 2008:


Outstanding Classes and Series of Common Stock Prior to the True-Up	Converted Classes and Series of Common Stock after the True-Up	Number of Common Stock Outstanding Beginning at:								Total Weighted Average Shares Outstanding for the Period
		Beginning of Period		True-Up Date		IPO Date		Initial Redemption Date		Total Weighted Average Shares Outstanding for the Period
Date of Event		October 1, 2007		March 17, 2008		March 19, 2008		March 28, 2008
Days Outstanding		168		2		9		4		183
Percentage of Period		91.80	%	1.09	%	4.92	%	2.19	%	100.00	%
*Participating Common Stock Classified as a Liability:*
	Class C (Series III)	—		—		35,263,585		35,263,585		2,505,063
*Common Stock Classified as Temporary Equity:*
	Class C (Series II)	—		—		79,748,857		79,748,857		5,665,219
*Common Stock Classified as Stockholders’ Equity:*
Class A	Class A	—		—		446,600,000		446,600,000		31,725,683
Class USA⁽¹⁾	Class B⁽²⁾	426,390,481		400,251,872		400,251,872		245,513,385		420,865,710
Class Canada, AP, LAC, & CEMEA	Class C (Series I)	258,022,779		284,160,835		284,160,835		124,503,084		256,675,456
Class EU (Series I & III)	Class C (Series III & IV)	62,762,788		62,762,788		27,499,203		27,499,203		60,257,725
Class EU (Series II)	Class C (Series II)	27,904,464		27,904,464		—		—		25,922,180

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(1)	The amount of class USA common stock is net of 131,592,008 shares held by wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company.

(2)	The amount of class B common stock is net of 123,525,418 shares held by wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company.

Calculation of Diluted Earnings Per Share

Diluted net income per share for each class and series of common stock is computed by dividing net income available by the weighted average number of common shares and, if dilutive, potential common shares outstanding during the period.

The calculation of class A common stock diluted earnings per share assumes potential common shares outstanding, which consist of the incremental Class A common shares issuable upon:

•

conversion of class B and class C (series I, III, & IV) common stock based on the conversion ratio in effect throughout the period; class C (series II) are not convertible into shares of class A common stock and class C (series III) redemption shares are not convertible into shares of class A common stock subsequent to the IPO,

•

exercise of employee stock options, and

•

vesting of restricted shares and restricted share units issued to certain employees and directors.

The dilutive effect of outstanding stock options, restricted shares, and restricted share units is reflected in diluted earnings per share by application of the treasury stock method under the guidelines of SFAS No. 128.

No potential common shares existed for any other class or series of common stock other then class A common stock. The calculation of diluted earnings per share for all classes and series of common stock other then class A common stock assumes no conversion of any class B or class C common stock into class A common stock during the period. Net income attributable to each class and series of common stock other then class A common stock in the calculation of diluted earnings per share is reduced proportionately by the number of potential class A common shares underlying employee stock options, restricted share and restricted share units.

Calculation of the Numerator—Diluted Earnings Per Share

The following tables calculate net income allocated to each series and class of common stock in the calculation of diluted earnings per share for the three and six months ended March 31, 2008.

For the three months ended March 31, 2008:


	(in millions)
Net income attributable to common stock classified in stockholders’ equity	$	301
Income and accretion allocated to Class C (Series II) common stock classified in temporary equity		11
Income allocated to Class C (Series III) common stock classified as a liability		2

Net income	$	314

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Outstanding Classes and Series of Common Stock Prior to the True-Up	Converted Classes and Series of Common Stock after the True-Up	Weighted Average Shares Outstanding (A)	Income Allocation ($) (B) (in millions)			Earnings per Share = (B)/(A)
*Participating Common Stock Classified as a Liability:*
Class EU (Series I)	Class C (Series III)	5,037,655	$	2			Not presented

*Common Stock Classified as Temporary Equity:*
Class EU (Series II)	Class C (Series II)	35,310,806		11		$	0.30

*Common Stock Classified as Stockholders’ Equity:*
Class A	Class A	777,738,462		301		$	0.39
Class USA	Class B	415,280,227		155	⁽¹⁾	$	0.37
Class Canada, AP, LAC, & CEMEA	Class C (Series I)	255,313,327		99		$	0.39
Class EU (Series I & III)	Class C (Series III & IV)	57,725,133		22		$	0.39

(1)

Net income is attributed to each class and series of common stock on an as converted basis. For the period subsequent to the IPO, net income attributed to class B common stock reflects its conversion ratio during that period of 0.71 shares of class A common stock for each share of class B common stock. On an as-converted basis and for the purpose of calculating net income allocated, the weighted average number of class B common shares outstanding in the period is 400,886,916.

For the six months ended March 31, 2008:


	(in millions)
Net income attributable to common stock classified in stockholders’ equity	$	710
Income and accretion allocated to class C (Series II) common stock classified in temporary equity		26
Income allocated to class C (Series III) common stock classified as a liability		2

Net income	$	738


Outstanding Classes and Series of Common Stock Prior to the True-Up	Converted Classes and Series of Common Stock after the True-Up	Weighted Average Shares Outstanding (A)	Income Allocation ($) (B) (in millions)			Earnings per Share = (B)/(A)
*Participating Common Stock Classified as a Liability:*
Class EU (Series I)	Class C (Series III)	2,505,063	$	2			Not presented

*Common Stock Classified as Temporary Equity:*
Class EU (Series II)	Class C (Series II)	31,587,399		26		$	0.81

*Common Stock Classified as Stockholders’ Equity:*
Class A	Class A	762,373,751		710		$	0.93
Class USA	Class B	420,865,710		385	⁽¹⁾	$	0.92
Class Canada, AP, LAC, & CEMEA	Class C (Series I)	256,675,456		239		$	0.93
Class EU (Series I & III)	Class C (Series III & IV)	60,257,725		56		$	0.93

⁽¹⁾

Net income is attributed to each class and series of common stock on an as converted basis. For the period subsequent to the IPO, net income attributed to class B common stock reflects its conversion ratio during that period of 0.71 shares of class A common stock for each share of class B common stock. On an as converted basis and for the purpose of calculating net income allocated, the weighted average number of class B common shares outstanding in the period is 413,708,381.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

Calculation of the Denominator—Diluted Earnings Per Share

The following tables present proportional ownership of each class and series, prior and subsequent to the true-up, IPO, and initial redemptions, applied to calculate income available to each class and series of common stock in the calculation of diluted earnings per share for the three and six months ended March 31, 2008. Upon the pricing of the IPO, which was deemed to have occurred, for the purpose of presenting earnings per share, on March 19, 2008, the Company granted to certain of its directors and employees options to purchase 8,971,783 shares of Class A common stock at $44 per share, 622,126 restricted stock units, and 1,289,803 shares of restricted stock. The dilutive effect of these instruments was minimal during the three and six months ended March 31, 2008 due to the limited number of days these instruments were outstanding in the periods presented.

For the three months ended March 31, 2008:


Outstanding Classes and Series of Common Stock Prior to the True-Up	Converted Classes and Series of Common Stock after the True-Up	Number of Common Stock Outstanding Beginning at:								Total Weighted Average Shares Outstanding for the Period
		Beginning of Period		True-Up Date		IPO Date		Initial Redemption Date		Total Weighted Average Shares Outstanding for the Period
Date of Event		January 1, 2008		March 17, 2008		March 19, 2008		March 28, 2008		March 31, 2008
Days Outstanding		76		2		9		4		91
Percentage of Period		83.52	%	2.20	%	9.89	%	4.40	%	100.00	%

*Participating Common Stock Classified as a Liability:*
Class C (Series III)		—		—		35,263,585		35,263,585		5,037,655

*Common Stock Classified as Temporary Equity:*
Class C (Series II)		—		—		79,748,857		79,748,857		11,392,694

*Common Stock Classified as Stockholders’ Equity:*
Class A	Class A	747,176,048		747,175,495		1,044,247,101		774,061,369		777,738,462
Class USA⁽¹⁾	Class B⁽²⁾	426,390,481		400,251,872		400,251,872		245,513,385		415,280,227
Class Canada, AP, LAC, & CEMEA	Class C (Series I)	258,022,779		284,160,835		284,160,835		124,503,084		255,313,327
Class EU (Series I & III)	Class C (Series III & IV)	62,762,788		62,762,788		27,499,203		27,499,203		57,725,133
Class EU (Series II)	Class C (Series II)	27,904,464		27,904,464		—		—		23,918,112

(1)	The amount of class USA common stock is net of 131,592,008 shares held by wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company.

(2)	The amount of class B common stock is net of 123,525,418 shares held by wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

For the six months ended March 31, 2008:


Outstanding Classes and Series of Common Stock Prior to the True-Up	Converted Classes and Series of Common Stock after the True-Up	Number of Common Stock Outstanding Beginning at:								Total Weighted Average Shares Outstanding for the Period
		Beginning of Period		True-Up Date		IPO Date		Initial Redemption Date		Total Weighted Average Shares Outstanding for the Period
Date of Event		October 1, 2007		March 17, 2008		March 19, 2008		March 28, 2008
Days Outstanding		168		2		9		4		183
Percentage of Period		91.80	%	1.09	%	4.92	%	2.19	%	100.00	%

*Participating Common Stock Classified as a Liability:*
	Class C (Series III)	—		—		35,263,585		35,263,585		2,505,063

*Common Stock Classified as Temporary Equity:*
	Class C (Series II)	—		—		79,748,857		79,748,857		5,665,219

*Common Stock Classified as Stockholders’ Equity:*
	Class A	747,176,048		747,175,495		1,044,247,101		774,061,369		762,373,751
Class USA⁽¹⁾	Class B⁽²⁾	426,390,481		400,251,872		400,251,872		245,513,385		420,865,710
Class Canada/ AP/ LAC/ CEMEA	Class C (Series I)	258,022,779		284,160,835		284,160,835		124,503,084		256,675,456
Class EU (Series I & III)	Class C (Series III & IV)	62,762,788		62,762,788		27,499,203		27,499,203		60,257,725
Class EU (Series II)	Class C (Series II)	27,904,464		27,904,464		—		—		25,922,180

(1)	The amount of class USA common stock is net of 131,592,008 shares held by wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company.

(2)	The amount of class B common stock is net of 123,525,418 shares held by wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company.

Note 12—Share-based Compensation

Prior to the Company’s IPO in March 2008, the Company had not granted share-based compensation awards. During 2007 in anticipation of the IPO, the Company adopted the 2007 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan (the “EIP”). The EIP was adopted to award long-term compensation following the reorganization and is designed to align management interests with those of stockholders, provide opportunities for wealth creation and ownership, encourage a long-term focus, and promote retention. The EIP is a stockholder-approved omnibus plan that permits the grant or award of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, performance unit awards, performance share awards, cash-based awards and other equity-based awards to eligible persons, and covers a total of up to 59,000,000 shares of class A common stock. Shares available for award may be either authorized and unissued or previously issued shares subsequently acquired by the Company.

The EIP became effective in October 2007 upon the completion of the reorganization. The EIP will continue in effect until all of the common stock available under the EIP is delivered and all restrictions on those shares have lapsed, unless the plan is terminated earlier by the Company’s board of directors. No awards may be granted under the plan on or after 10 years from its effective date.

The compensation committee of the board of directors administers the equity incentive plan and determines the non-employee directors, employees and consultants that may be granted awards under the EIP, the size and types of awards, the terms and conditions of awards, the timing of awards and the form and content of the award agreements.

In March 2008, in connection with the IPO, the Company granted non-qualified stock options (“options”), restricted stock awards (“RSA’s”) and restricted stock units (“RSUs”) to its employees and non-employee directors. The Company accounted for these awards under the guidance of SFAS 123R, “Share-Based Payment” (“SFAS 123R”). The Company uses the straight-line method of attribution for expensing equity awards. Compensation expense is recorded net of estimated forfeitures. Estimates are adjusted as appropriate.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

Options

The options issued during the three months ended March 31, 2008 have an exercise price equal to the Company’s IPO price or $44.00 per share and expire ten years from the date of grant. The options vest in three equal installments on each of the first three anniversaries of the date of grant, subject to earlier vesting in full under certain conditions including death, disability or retirement.

The fair value of each stock option was estimated on the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option pricing model. The following table presents the assumptions used in the valuation and resulting fair value per option granted during the three months ended March 31, 2008:


For the three months ended March 31:	2008
Expected term (in years)		5.79
Risk-free rate of return		2.6	%
Expected volatility		36.1	%
Expected dividend yield		1.0	%
Weighted-average fair value per option granted	$	15.30

The expected term of options represents the weighted-average period the options are expected to remain outstanding and was based on a set of peer companies who had share based payment awards with terms similar to that of Visa. The expected term of options impacts all underlying assumptions used in the Company’s Black-Scholes option-pricing model, including the period applicable for the risk-free rate of return and expected volatility. The risk-free rate of return assumption is based upon the zero coupon U.S. treasury bond rate over the expected term of the Company’s options. As the Company did not have publicly traded stock historically, the expected volatility was based on the average of the historical and implied volatility of a group of peer companies that management believes is generally comparable to Visa. The expected dividends were based on the Company’s expected annual dividend rate on the date of grant.

The following table summarizes the Company’s option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2008:


	Options		Weighted- Average Exercise Price Per Share		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)	Aggregate Exercise Price		Aggregate Intrinsic Value⁽¹⁾
						in millions
Outstanding at October 1, 2007	—			—					—
Granted	8,971,983		$	44.00		$	395	$	165
Forfeited/expired	(981	)		44.00			—		—
Exercised	—			—			—		—

Outstanding at March 31, 2008	8,970,002		$	44.00	10.0	$	395	$	165
Exercisable at March 31, 2008	—			—	—				—
Options vested at March 31, 2008	—			—	—				—

(1)	Intrinsic value is calculated using the stock price at March 31, 2008 of $62.36 less the option exercise price, multiplied by the number of instruments.

The weighted-average grant-date fair value per share of options granted during the three months ended March 31, 2008 was $15.30. As of March 31, 2008, there was $130 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested options. The cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 3 years.

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Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted Stock Units

In fiscal 2007, the Company instituted a special broad-based bonus program (“special bonus”) for all eligible employees to reward performance during the Company’s reorganization. Half of the special bonus was paid through RSA and RSU awards which vest one year after the completion of the IPO and may be subject to earlier vesting under certain conditions including death, disability or retirement.

In connection with the IPO, the Company also granted RSA and RSU awards to employees. These awards share the same terms and conditions as awards granted in connection with the special bonus.

The RSA and RSU awards granted to the Company’s non-employee directors vest on the first anniversary of the Company’s IPO, subject to earlier vesting in full under certain conditions specified in the award agreement and EIP.

Upon vesting, the RSA awards are settled in class A common stock on a one-for-one basis. During the vesting period, RSA award recipients are eligible to receive dividends and participate in the same voting rights as those granted to the holders of the underlying class A common stock. Upon vesting, RSU awards can be settled in Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis or in cash, or a combination thereof at the Company’s option. The Company does not currently intend to settle any RSU awards in cash. During the vesting period, RSU award recipients are eligible to receive dividend equivalents but do not participate in the voting rights as those granted to the holders of the underlying class A common stock.

Compensation expense associated with RSA’s and RSU’s issued in connection with the IPO is measured based on the IPO share price or $44.00 per share. Future RSA and RSU awards will be valued using the closing stock price of the Class A common stock price as listed on the New York Stock Exchange on the date of grant.

The following table summarizes the Company’s RSA activity for the three months ended March 31, 2008:


	Awards		Weighted- Average Grant- Date Fair Value		Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)	Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in millions)⁽¹⁾
Outstanding at October 1, 2007	—			—	—		—
Granted:
RSA—Special Bonus	686,183		$	44.00	1.0	$	43
RSA—IPO	566,800			44.00	1.0		35
RSA—Non-employee directors	36,820			44.00	1.0		2
Vested:
RSA—Special Bonus	—			—	—		—
RSA—IPO	—			—	—		—
RSA—Non-employee directors	—			—	—		—
Forfeited/expired:
RSA—Special Bonus	(542	)		44.00	1.0		—
RSA—IPO	—			—	—		—
RSA—Non-employee directors	—			—	—		—

Outstanding at March 31, 2008	1,289,261		$	44.00	1.0	$	80

(1)	Intrinsic value is calculated using the stock price at March 31, 2008 of $62.36 multiplied by the number of instruments.

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The following table summarizes the Company’s RSU activity for the three months ended March 31, 2008:


	Units		Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value		Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)	Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in millions)⁽¹⁾
Outstanding at October 1, 2007	—			—	—		—
RSU’s granted:
RSU—Special Bonus	391,234		$	44.00	1.0	$	24
RSU—IPO	208,800			44.00	1.0		13
RSU—Non-employee directors	22,092			44.00	1.0		1
RSU’s vested:
RSU—Special Bonus	—			—	—		—
RSU—IPO	—			—	—		—
RSU—Non-employee directors	—			—	—		—
RSU’s forfeited/expired:
RSU—Special Bonus	(1,521	)		44.00	1.0		—
RSU—IPO	—			—	—		—
RSU—Non-employee directors	—			—	—		—

Outstanding at March 31, 2008	620,605		$	44.00	1.0	$	38

(1)	Intrinsic value is calculated using the stock price at March 31, 2008 of $62.36 multiplied by the number of instruments.

At March 31, 2008, there was $44 million and $18 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested RSA’s and RSU’s, respectively. The cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately one year.

The following table summarizes remaining equity instruments available for grant under the EIP:


	Available for Grant
Balance October 1, 2007⁽¹⁾	59,000,000
Options granted	(8,971,983	)
Options forfeited	981
RSA granted	(1,289,803	)
RSA forfeited	542
RSU granted	(622,126	)
RSU forfeited	1,521

Balance March 31, 2008	48,119,132

(1)	Total Class A common stock available for grant under the EIP was approved on October 1, 2007.

The components of share-based compensation expense during the three months ended March 31, 2008 are summarized below:


	Three Months ended March 31, 2008
	(in millions)
Options	$	6
RSA		9
RSU		4

Total	$	19

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The Company recorded its share-based compensation in Personnel on its consolidated statements of operations for the three and six months ended March 31, 2008. The Company did not capitalize any portion of its share-based compensation expense during the three months ended March 31, 2008.

Note 13—Related Parties

Visa Inc. is a stock corporation and certain of its customers are also its stockholders. The Company considers an entity to be a related party if the entity owns more than 10% of the Company’s total voting common stock or if an officer or employee of the entity also serves on the Company’s board of directors. The Company also considers an investee to be a related party if the Company’s ownership interest in the entity is greater than or equal to 10% or if the investment is accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

An affiliate of one of the Company’s customers with an officer who serves on the Company’s board of directors was engaged as one of the Company’s underwriters for the Company’s IPO. This customer was offered and purchased 113 million shares of class A common stock at a price of $42.77 per share, a discount of $1.23 per share based on the IPO price of $44.00 per share. This customer received total underwriter fees from the Company of $139 million during the three months ended March 31, 2008.

Note 14—Commitments and Contingencies

Stock Redemptions

The Company intends to redeem all outstanding shares of class C (series II) common stock in October 2008 at a price of $1.146 billion adjusted for dividends and certain other adjustments and the return to Visa Europe of any subscription receivable outstanding. Visa Europe also has the option to require the Company to redeem all outstanding shares of class C (series II) common stock any time after December 4, 2008. Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Global Restructuring Agreement executed in August 2007, and the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, the Company is required to redeem 35,263,585 shares of class C (series III) common stock for an aggregate redemption price of $1.5 billion in October 2008.

Dividends

Dividends may be paid on Visa Inc. common stock when, as, and if declared by the Board of Directors out of amounts available for dividends under applicable law. The declaration and payment of dividends will be at the sole discretion of the Board of Directors after taking into account various factors, including our financial condition, operating results, capital requirements, covenants in our debt instruments and other factors that the Board of Directors deems relevant.

The Company intends to pay a quarterly dividend in cash, at an annual rate initially equal to $0.42 per share of class A common stock (representing a quarterly rate initially equal to $0.105 per share) commencing with the quarter ended June 30, 2008. Class B and class C common stock will share ratably on an as-converted basis in such dividends. Any dividends received by the class C (series II) shareholders will reduce the redemption price.

Volume and Support Incentives

The Company has agreements with customers for various programs designed to build sales volume and increase the acceptance of its payment products. These agreements, with original terms ranging from one to thirteen years, provide card issuance, marketing and program support based on specific performance requirements. These agreements are designed to encourage customer business and to increase overall Visa-

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branded payment volume, thereby reducing unit transaction processing costs and increasing brand awareness for all Visa customers.

Payments made and obligations incurred under these programs are included on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. The Company’s obligation under these customer agreements are generally amortized as a reduction to revenue in the same period as the related revenues are earned, based on management’s estimate of the customer’s performance compared to the terms of the incentive agreement. The agreements may or may not limit the amount of customer incentive payments.

The Company entered into new volume and support incentive agreements during the three months ended March 31, 2008, increasing the Company’s total volume and support incentive commitment. Excluding anticipated revenue to be earned from higher payments and transaction volumes in connection with these agreements, the Company’s potential exposure under agreements that limit the incentive payments, coupled with the Company’s estimate for incentive agreements with no limit, is estimated as follows:


Fiscal (in millions)	Volume and Support Incentives
2008 (remaining six months)	$	526
2009-2010		2,035
2011-2012		1,533
Thereafter		714

Total	$	4,808

The ultimate amounts to be paid under these agreements may be greater than or less than the estimates above. Based on these agreements, increases in the incentive payments are generally driven by increased payment and transaction volume, and as a result, in the event incentive payments exceed this estimate such payments are not expected to have a material negative effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Note 15—Income Taxes

Effective Tax Rate

The Company’s effective income tax rates for the three months and six months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 are as follows:


	Three Months Ended March 31,				Six Months Ended March 31,
	2008		2007		2008		2007
Effective Income Tax Rate	15	%	37	%	30	%	37	%

The effective income tax rates for the three months and six months ended March 31, 2008 differ from those of 2007 primarily due to the loss of a California special deduction, the change in state tax apportionment, and a one-time tax benefit attributable to the remeasurement of our deferred taxes.

The State of California, where the Company is headquartered, historically has not taxed a substantial portion of the reported income on the basis that the Company operated on a cooperative or mutual basis and therefore was eligible for a special deduction. As a result of the Company’s IPO and consequent ownership by parties other than its financial institution customers, the Company is no longer eligible to claim the special deduction,

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resulting in a tax increase. The tax increase is partially offset by a tax decrease resulting from a change in the Company’s state tax apportionment. In addition, the change in state tax apportionment resulted in an estimated $107 million one-time tax benefit in the current fiscal quarter, due to the remeasurement of the Company’s deferred taxes.

The income tax expense differs from the amount of income tax determined by applying the applicable U.S. federal statutory rate of 35% to pretax income, as a result of the following:


	Three Months Ended March 31, 2008		Six Months Ended March 31, 2008
U.S. federal income tax	35	%	35	%
State income taxes, net of federal benefit	3	%	3	%
Foreign, net of federal benefit	1	%	1	%
Other	3	%	1	%
One-time adjustments to reflect:
Catch-up of annualized rate to reflect the loss of California Special Deduction, net of State Apportionment decrease	2	%	—
Benefit from Remeasurement of Deferred Taxes due to State Apportionment decrease	(29	)%	(10	)%

Income tax expense	15	%	30	%

FIN 48

On October 1, 2007, the Company adopted FASB Interpretation No. 48 (“FIN 48”), Accounting of Uncertainty in Income Taxes. At the date of adoption, the Company’s total unrecognized tax benefits were approximately $320 million, $247 million of which, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate. Following adoption of FIN 48, in the three and six months ended March 31, 2008 the Company’s total unrecognized tax benefits increased by $7 million and $19 million, respectively, relating to tax positions taken in the current year. If these unrecognized tax benefits would be recognized, substantially all amounts would impact the Company’s effective tax rate.

It is the Company’s policy to account for interest expense and penalties related to uncertain tax position as interest expense and penalties in its statement of operations. At October 1, 2007, the Company had $4 million and $1 million of accrued interest and penalties, respectively, related to uncertain tax positions. For the three months and six months ended March 31, 2008, there were no significant changes in interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions.

The Company is in the advanced stage of negotiating a resolution with the California Franchise Tax Board regarding certain 1990 to 2003 audit issues, which include the eligibility to claim certain items as special deductions, apportionment computation and research and development credits. The Company believes that it is reasonably possible that the unrecognized tax benefits related to these state audit issues could decrease (whether by settlement, release, or a combination of both) in the next 12 months by as much as $62 million ($34 million related to rate benefit and $28 million related to reduction to goodwill).

The Company is subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and various state and foreign tax authorities. The Company has concluded all U.S. federal income tax matters for years through 2002. All material state and foreign tax matters have been concluded for years through 1989.

Note 16—Legal Matters

The Company is party to various legal and regulatory proceedings. Some of these proceedings involve complex claims that are subject to substantial uncertainties and unascertainable damages. Accordingly, except as

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disclosed, the Company has not established reserves or ranges of possible loss related to these proceedings, as at this time in the proceedings, the matters do not relate to a probable loss and/or amounts are not reasonably estimable. Although the Company believes that it has strong defenses for the litigation and regulatory proceedings described below, it could in the future incur judgments or fines or enter into settlements of claims that could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations, financial position, or cash flows.

The Company’s litigation provision includes provisions of $292 million and $13 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively, and $292 million and $15 million for the six months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. The litigation accrual is an estimate and is based on management’s understanding of its litigation profile, the specifics of each case, advice of counsel to the extent appropriate and management’s best estimate of incurred loss at the balance sheet date. The Company is presently involved in the matters described below and other legal actions, except for those disclosed below as resolved or settled. From time to time we may engage in settlement discussions or mediations with respect to one or more of our outstanding litigation matters, either on our own behalf or collectively with other parties. The Company will continue to review the litigation accrual and, if necessary, future refinements to the accrual will be made.

The following table summarizes the activity related to accrued litigation for the six months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007:


	Fiscal 2008			Fiscal 2007
	(in millions)
Balance at October 1	$	3,682		$	1,000
Provision for settled legal matters		4			15
Provision for unsettled legal matters		288			—
Interest accretion on settled matters		77			35
Payments on settled matters		(1,130	)		(1	)

Balance at March 31	$	2,921		$	1,049

Covered Litigation

The following table summarizes the activity related to covered litigation matters for the six months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007:


	Fiscal 2008			Fiscal 2007
	(in millions)
Balance at October 1	$	2,761		$	—
Provision for settled legal matters		—			—
Provision for unsettled legal matters		285			—
Interest accretion on settled matters		46			—
Payments on settled matters⁽¹⁾		(1,130	)		—

Balance at March 31	$	1,962		$	—

(1)

Payments on American express included $945 million funded through the escrow account established by the Retrospective Responsibility Plan and $185 million funded by the five co-defendant banks. The escrow funds are held in money market investments with the income earned, less the applicable taxes, classified as restricted cash on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. The amount of the escrow funds equivalent to the actual, undiscounted amount of covered litigation payments expected to be made beyond one year from the balance sheet date is classified as a non-current asset. Interest earned on escrow funds is included in

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investment income, net, on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations. See Note 5—Retrospective Responsibility Plan, for more information about the Retrospective Responsibility Plan and the escrow account.

Set forth below are updates on proceedings previously reported by the Company in its final prospectus, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Rule 424(b)(4) on March 19, 2008, including Visa Inc.’s audited consolidated balance sheet and related footnotes at October 1, 2007, unaudited consolidated financial statements and related footnotes for the three months ended December 31, 2007, and the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes of Visa U.S.A. for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2007. The updates should be read in conjunction with the description in the prospectus.

The Discover Litigation

On February 15, 2008, Visa U.S.A. and Visa International filed motions for partial summary judgment, challenging aspects of Discover’s damages theory and its debit monopolization claims and asserting that the statute of limitations barred Discover’s suit. Discover also filed a motion for partial summary judgment, renewing its request that the court give collateral estoppel effect to certain findings in the DOJ litigation. Briefing on these motions was complete on April 25, 2008.

On April 18, 2008, the district court ordered Visa U.S.A., Visa International, MasterCard, and Discover to confer and stipulate to terms for non-binding mediation of this dispute.

The American Express Litigation

On March 31, 2008, the initial payment to American Express of $1.13 billion described in the settlement agreement was made by Visa Inc. Of this amount, $945 million was funded through the litigation escrow account established under the Retrospective Responsibility Plan, see Note 5—Retrospective Responsibility Plan, and $185 million was funded by the five co-defendant banks.

The Interchange Litigation

Kendall. On March 7, 2008, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court’s dismissal of the complaint. The court concluded that the plaintiffs had failed to plead facts sufficient to establish a conspiracy, and that no amendment could cure the pleading defect. In doing so, the Ninth Circuit also held that the plaintiffs were “indirect purchasers” of Visa U.S.A. and could not recover antitrust damages for their claims.

Multidistrict Litigation Proceedings (MDL). The court entered a revised case management schedule on March 13, 2008, setting deadlines for class certification briefing, expert discovery and dispositive motions and extending fact discovery to October 15, 2008.

On May 8, 2008, putative class plaintiffs served on defendants a motion seeking to certify a class of merchants. Once briefing on the class certification issue is complete, all briefs will be filed with the court.

Retailers’ Litigation

Retailers’ “Opt-Outs”

GMRI, Inc. and Visa U.S.A. participated in the binding mediation session in March 2008 and are now negotiating the terms of a settlement agreement.

Department of Justice Antitrust Case and Related Litigation

Settlement Service Fee Litigation

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has proposed that oral argument on Visa’s appeal take place the week of June 23, 2008.

New Zealand Interchange Proceedings

In March 2008, the court set a trial date in October 2009 for this matter.

Currency Conversion Litigation

On February 14, 2008, the United States Department of Justice filed an objection on behalf of the United States to the settlement. Among other things, the objection states that the United States is not a member of the

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class covered by the settlement. Thus, any claims that the United States may have against Visa or its member banks relating to foreign transactions will not be released by the settlement.

On March 31, 2008, the court held a hearing on whether to approve the settlement and enter the Final Judgment and Order of Dismissal. The court took the matter under submission.

U.S. Department of Justice Civil Investigative Demands

On February 26, 2008, the Division issued a third CID to Visa U.S.A., seeking information regarding a potential violation of the Final Judgment, dated November 26, 2001, in United States v. Visa U.S.A. Inc. et al., 163 F.Supp.2d 322 (S.D.N.Y. 2001). The CID seeks documents, data and narrative responses to several interrogatories and document requests, which focus on alleged termination and waiver provisions in certain agreements between Visa U.S.A. and Visa issuers. Visa U.S.A. is cooperating with the Division in connection with this CID.

AAA Antiques Mall

On February 1, 2008, Visa U.S.A. filed a motion for summary judgment, or, in the alternative, motion to dismiss all claims brought against it.

Intellectual Property Litigation

Cryptography Research

CRI filed its Third Amended Complaint on March 14, 2008. On March 27, 2008, CRI sought leave to file a supplemental complaint, in which it would add Visa Inc. as an additional defendant to the claims of patent infringement, unfair competition, and antitrust violations that were alleged against Visa International in the Third Amended Complaint. On May 8, 2008 the court granted CRI leave to file the supplemental complaint.

Vale Canjeable

On March 14, 2008, Visa International filed an extraordinary appeal of the preliminary injunction ruling with the Commercial Chamber of the Supreme Court.

ITEM 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Historical and Pro Forma Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Forward-Looking Statements

This management’s discussion and analysis of historical and pro forma financial condition and results of operations contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements can be identified by the terms “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “will,” and similar expressions, which are intended to identify forward-looking statements. In addition, any underlying assumptions are forward-looking statements.

By their nature, forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or results and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict or quantify. Therefore, actual results could differ materially and adversely from these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including all the risks discussed in Part I, Item 1A—“Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2007, filed with the SEC on December 21, 2007, and under the heading “Risk Factors” in our final prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Rule 424(b)(4) on March 19, 2008. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements, which are made only at the date of this report. Unless we are required to do so under U.S. federal securities laws or other applicable laws, we do not intend to update or revise any forward-looking statements.

Overview

This management’s discussion and analysis provides a review of the results of operations, financial condition and the liquidity and capital resources of Visa Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Visa”) on a historical and pro forma basis and outlines the factors that have affected recent earnings, as well as those factors that may affect future earnings. The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with Visa Inc.’s unaudited consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this report.

Visa operates the world’s largest retail electronic payments network and manages the world’s most recognized global financial services brand. We provide financial institutions with platforms that encompass consumer credit, debit, prepaid and commercial payments. We facilitate global commerce through the transfer of value and information among financial institutions, merchants, consumers, businesses and government entities. Each of these constituencies has played a key role in the ongoing worldwide migration from paper-based to electronic forms of payment, and we believe that this transformation will continue to yield significant growth opportunities in the electronic payments industry. We will continue to explore additional opportunities to enhance our competitive position by expanding the scope of payment solutions to benefit our existing customers and to position Visa to serve more and different constituencies.

In order to respond to industry dynamics and enhance Visa’s ability to compete, Visa consummated a reorganization in October 2007 in which Visa U.S.A., Visa International, Visa Canada and Inovant became direct or indirect subsidiaries of Visa Inc., a Delaware stock corporation. Visa Europe did not become a subsidiary of Visa Inc., but rather remained owned by its member financial institutions and entered into a set of contractual arrangements with Visa Inc. In connection with the reorganization, we issued different classes and series of shares reflecting the different rights and obligations of Visa financial institution members and Visa Europe based on the geographic region in which they are located.

To further enhance our competitive position, in March 2008 we successfully completed an IPO and sold 446.6 million shares of class A common stock to the public, raising $19.1 billion in net proceeds. We used $13.4 billion of the net proceeds from the IPO to redeem a portion of the shares of Visa’s financial institution members and as a result Visa is now majority owned by the public. Pursuant to our retrospective responsibility plan, we established an escrow account with $3.0 billion of the net proceeds. Our retrospective responsibility plan is a central component of the reorganization and is designed to address potential liabilities arising from certain

litigation that we refer to as covered litigation. Future settlements of, or judgments in, the covered litigation will be payable from the escrow account. Our capital structure was designed to implement a key principle of the retrospective responsibility plan, which is that liability for the covered litigation would remain with the holders of our class B common stock, all of which are members or affiliates of members of Visa U.S.A. See further discussion in Note 5—Retrospective Liability Plan. The remaining net proceeds of $2.7 billion were retained and will be used to fund the redemption of all of the class C (series II) shares and a portion of the class C (series III) shares in October 2008. See Note 1—Organization and Part II, Item 2—“Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds” elsewhere in this report.

There is no historical combined statement of operations of Visa Inc. prior to October 1, 2007, because Visa Inc. did not have any operations prior to the reorganization. In order to provide insight into our operating results and trends affecting our business, this management’s discussion and analysis of our operating results includes a comparison of the results of operations for the three and six months ended March 31, 2008, to the pro forma results of operations for the three and six months ended March 31, 2007, as if the reorganization had occurred on October 1, 2006. This pro forma information is derived from our unaudited consolidated financial statements, and presented in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 141, “Business Combinations.” See Note 3—The Reorganization. In addition, this management’s discussion and analysis includes a comparison of our operating results for the three and six months ended March 31, 2008, to the operating results of Visa Inc.’s accounting acquirer, Visa U.S.A., for the three and six months ended March 31, 2007.

The following table sets forth our actual and pro forma operating revenues for the periods presented:


	Three Months Ended March 31,								Six Months Ended March 31,
	2008		Pro Forma 2007		$ Change		% Change		2008		Pro Forma 2007		$ Change		% Change
	(in millions, except percentages)
U.S. operating revenues	$	886	$	797	$	89	11	%	$	1,806	$	1,598	$	208	13	%
Rest of world operating revenues		567		394		173	44	%		1,135		767		368	48	%

Total operating revenues	$	1,453	$	1,191	$	262	22	%	$	2,941	$	2,365	$	576	24	%

Our non-U.S. operating revenues for each of the three and six month periods ended March 31, 2008, represented 39% of total operating revenues. Our non-U.S. operating revenues for the comparable periods in fiscal 2007 represented 33% and 32%, respectively, of our total pro forma operating revenues for those periods. Growth in operating revenues outside of the United States accounted for 66% of the increase in total operating revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2008, compared to the same period in 2007, and 64% of the increase in total operating revenues for the six months ended March 31, 2008, compared to the same period in 2007. As anticipated, during the three months ended March 31, 2008, revenue growth in the United States was impacted by a significant increase in volume and support incentives, which reduce our operating revenue. See additional discussion in “Results of Operations” below. A significant portion of the revenues we earn outside the United States results from cross-border business and leisure travel. Revenues from processing foreign currency transactions for our customers fluctuate with cross-border travel and our customers’ need for transactions to be converted into their base currency.

We believe that payments volume and transactions are key drivers of our business. Payments volume is the basis for card service fees and transactions are the basis for data processing fees.

Current period card service fees are generated from payments volume on Visa-branded cards for goods and services in the preceding quarter, exclusive of PIN-based debit volume. Payments volume and revenues are impacted by changes in currency rates. Payments volume and revenues increased, reflecting in part the impact of the weaker U.S. dollar, during the three and six months ended December 31, 2007, compared to comparable periods in the prior fiscal year. Payments volume increased 19%, to $681 billion, and 17%, to $1.3 trillion,

during the three and six months ended December 31, 2007, with double-digit growth in all product categories. Growth outside the United States was 29% and 27% during the three and six months ended December 31, 2007.

The following tables set forth product payments volumes for the periods presented:


	U.S.A.						Rest of World⁽³⁾						Visa Inc.
	Three months ended December 31, 2007⁽⁴⁾		Three months ended December 31, 2006⁽⁴⁾		% Change		Three months ended December 31, 2007⁽⁴⁾		Three months ended December 31, 2006⁽⁴⁾		% Change		Three months ended December 31, 2007⁽⁴⁾		Three months ended December 31, 2006⁽⁴⁾		% Change
	(in billions, except percentages)
Payments Volume
Consumer credit	$	176	$	163	8	%	$	206	$	160	28	%	$	382	$	324	18	%
Consumer debit⁽¹⁾		183		159	16	%		34		24	43	%		218		182	19	%
Commercial and other		54		45	18	%		28		23	21	%		81		68	19	%

Total Payments Volume	$	413	$	367	12	%	$	268	$	207	29	%	$	681	$	574	19	%
Cash volume		101		95	7	%		285		209	36	%		386		304	27	%

Total Volume⁽²⁾	$	514	$	462	11	%	$	553	$	416	33	%	$	1,067	$	878	21	%


	U.S.A.						Rest of World⁽³⁾						Visa Inc.
	Six months ended December 31, 2007⁽⁴⁾		Six months ended December 31, 2006⁽⁴⁾		% Change		Six months ended December 31, 2007⁽⁴⁾		Six months ended December 31, 2006⁽⁴⁾		% Change		Six months ended December 31, 2007⁽⁴⁾		Six months ended December 31, 2006⁽⁴⁾		% Change
	(in billions, except percentages)
Payments Volume
Consumer credit	$	341	$	317	7	%	$	388	$	307	26	%	$	729	$	625	17	%
Consumer debit⁽¹⁾		354		309	14	%		63		44	42	%		417		353	18	%
Commercial and other		106		91	17	%		52		44	20	%		158		134	18	%

Total Payments Volume	$	801	$	717	12	%	$	503	$	395	27	%	$	1,304	$	1,112	17	%
Cash volume		202		191	6	%		533		396	34	%		735		587	25	%

Total Volume⁽²⁾	$	1,003	$	908	10	%	$	1,036	$	791	31	%	$	2,039	$	1,699	20	%

(1)	Includes prepaid volume.

(2)

Total volume is the sum of total payments volume and cash volume. Total payments volume is the total monetary value of transactions for goods and services that are purchased. Cash volume generally consists of cash access transactions, balances access transactions, balance transfers and convenience checks.

(3)	Includes Bulgaria and Romania through March 31, 2007, after which time such countries became part of Visa Europe.

(4)

Service fee revenue in a given quarter is assessed based on payments volume in the prior quarter, excluding PIN-based debit volume. Therefore, service fees reported with respect to the three and six months ended March 31, 2008 were based on payments volume reported by our customers for the three and six months ended December 31, 2007.

Transactions processed increased by 1.2 billion, or 15%, to 8.8 billion during the three months ended March 31, 2008, from 7.6 billion in the prior year comparable period. Growth in transactions processed in the United States accounted for 943 million transactions, or 82%, of the growth in transactions processed. Transactions processed increased by 2.2 billion, or 14%, to 17.9 billion during the six months ended March 31, 2008, from 15.7 billion in the prior year comparable period. Growth in transactions processed in the United States accounted for 1.8 billion, or 81%, of the growth in transactions processed.

The following table sets forth transaction volumes for the periods presented:


	Visa Inc.
	3 months ended March 31, 2008	3 months ended March 31, 2007	% Change

Total Transactions⁽¹⁾	8,800	7,646	15	%

	Visa Inc.
	6 months ended March 31, 2008	6 months ended March 31, 2007	% Change

Total Transactions⁽¹⁾	17,894	15,664	14	%

(1)	Represents transactions processed by our Visanet system during the periods presented. Transactions processed are the basis for data processing fees.

Growth in operating revenues exceeded growth in payments and transactions volumes reflecting the continued impact of new service fees and changes in pricing for various services in regions outside the United States as those regions transition to a business model seeking to increase profitability. While we believe that these pricing changes will generate ongoing benefits, we do not believe that the rates of growth in operating revenues during the three and six months ended March 31, 2008, are representative of sustainable future revenue growth because they include the impacts of the new service fees and pricing changes introduced in the second half of fiscal 2007. We expect future price increases to correlate more closely with innovations in our product line and improvements in our service model.

Our business is affected by overall economic conditions and consumer spending patterns. We expect that the impacts of the softening housing market, declining mortgage credit quality, and recent economic trends in the United States will moderate our rate of growth during the remainder of fiscal 2008.

Operating income as a percentage of operating revenue, or operating margin, was 24% and 35% for the three and six months ended March 31, 2008, respectively, compared with pro forma operating margin of 33% in each of the prior year comparable periods. The decline in our operating margin during the three months ended March 31, 2008 compared with the prior year comparable period reflects a litigation provision made during the quarter as discussed further in Note 16—Legal Matters.

The Reorganization and IPO

The reorganization and IPO will impact our business, results of operations and financial condition currently and in future periods in a number of significant ways:

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Charges. Certain charges directly connected to the reorganization will affect our results of operations in future periods. These charges will include charges during fiscal 2008 related to workforce consolidation due to elimination of overlapping functions and to certain professional fees related to enhancing our systems and infrastructure to support the global organization. We incurred charges related to severance and other termination benefits of $17 million and $44 million during the three and six months ended March 31, 2008, respectively. We are evaluating various alternatives for achieving synergies in the global organization and expect to incur additional charges, which may be significant, during the remainder of fiscal 2008 and in early fiscal 2009. In March 2008, in connection with the IPO, we granted equity compensation awards to employees and non-employee directors. We incurred $12 million in share-based compensation cost during the three months ended March 31, 2008.

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Visa Europe put option. We have granted Visa Europe the option to cause the sale of Visa Europe to us. We will record any change in the fair market value of this option in our statement of operations. Changes in the value of the put option will result in fluctuations in our reported net income. The exercise of the Visa Europe put option would also result in a significant liquidity event.

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Income taxes. As a result of completion of the IPO and consequent ownership by parties other than our financial institution customers, we are no longer eligible to claim the special deduction previously available to Visa U.S.A. and Visa International Service Association on the basis that both operated on a cooperative or mutual basis. Our tax provision was updated to reflect the loss of the special deduction during the last six months of fiscal 2008, resulting in an increase in taxes of $9 million for the three and six months ended March 31, 2008. We are evaluating our overall global corporate tax structure as a newly formed global company and are considering various tax alternatives and strategies to assist in managing our overall effective tax rates in the future.

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One time tax benefit. As anticipated, following our IPO, our earnings for the second fiscal quarter of fiscal 2008 increased by $107 million as a result of a one-time estimated tax benefit due to a change in our state tax apportionment methodology.

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Redemption of class C (series II and III) common stock. In October 2008 we intend to redeem all class C (series II) and a portion of class C (series III) common stock. A portion of the net IPO proceeds have been set aside to satisfy these obligations. Accretion will be recognized on the fair value of class C (series II) shares until the time of redemption. See Note 10—Stockholders’ Equity and Redeemable Shares for additional information about these redeemable shares.

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Commercial relationship with Visa Europe. We do not and will not directly operate in the Visa Europe region, which covers the European Union, Iceland, Israel, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Norway, San Marino, Switzerland, Turkey and Vatican City, along with other countries specified in our agreement with Visa Europe, and any other jurisdiction that becomes a full member state of the European Union in the future. Our relationship with Visa Europe is governed by a framework agreement providing for exclusive, perpetual, non-transferable trademark and technology licenses within Visa Europe’s field of use and the provision of certain bilateral services. This agreement is designed to ensure that Visa’s business and processing infrastructures will be both efficient and interoperable on a global basis. This agreement also gives Visa Europe broad rights to operate the Visa business in its region. We will have limited ability to control Visa Europe’s operations and will have limited recourse in the event of a breach of the framework agreement by Visa Europe.

Results of Operations

Operating Revenues and Expenses

Operating Revenues

Our operating revenues consist of gross operating revenues reduced by payments made to customers and merchants under volume and support incentive arrangements. Gross operating revenues consist of service fees, data processing fees, international transaction fees and other revenues. Our operating revenues are based upon aggregate payments volume reported by our customers or transactional information accumulated by our transaction processing systems. Our operating revenues are primarily generated from fees calculated on the payments volume of activity on Visa-branded cards, which we refer to as service fees, and from the fees charged for providing transaction processing, which we refer to as data processing fees. Historically, pricing has varied among our different geographies because geographies outside the United States had operated under an association business model with distinct, autonomous strategies, boards of directors, and management teams. In 2007, geographies outside the United States began the transition to a business model seeking to increase profitability and made competitive increases in their pricing structure. Competitive pricing changes were made in this regard during fiscal 2007 and we will continue to assess opportunities for competitive adjustments. Pricing may be modified on a customer-by-customer basis through volume and support incentive arrangements.

We do not earn revenues from, or bear credit risk with respect to, interest and fees paid by cardholders on Visa-branded cards. Our issuing customers have the responsibility for issuing cards and determining interest rates and fees paid by cardholders, and most other competitive card features. Nor do we earn revenues from the fees that merchants are charged for card acceptance, including the merchant discount rate. Our acquiring customers, which are generally responsible for soliciting merchants, establish and earn these fees.

The following sets forth the components of our operating revenues:

Service fees

Service fees reflect payments by customers for their participation in card programs carrying our brands. Service fees are primarily calculated on the payments volume of products carrying the Visa brand. We rely on our customers to report payments volume to us. Service fees in a given quarter are assessed based on payments volume in the prior quarter, excluding PIN-based debit volume. Therefore, service fees reported with respect to the three and six months ended March 31, 2008, were based on payments volumes reported by our customers for the three and six months ended December 31, 2007, respectively. Furthermore, pro forma service fees for the three and six months ended March 31, 2007, were based on payments volumes reported by our customers for the three and six months ended December 31, 2006, respectively. These actual and pro forma payments volumes also do not include cash disbursements obtained with Visa-branded cards, balance transfers or convenience checks, which we refer to as cash volume.

Also included in service fees are acceptance fees, which are used to support merchant acceptance and ongoing volume growth initiatives. Two new acceptance fees were introduced in April 2007, which apply to U.S. consumer debit payments volume and U.S. consumer credit and commercial payments volume. These fees supersede previously existing issuer programs. In addition, we introduced a new brand development fee during fiscal 2007.

Data processing fees

Data processing fees consist of fees charged to customers for providing transaction processing and other payment services, including processing services provided under our bilateral services agreement with Visa Europe. Data processing fees are based on information we accumulate from VisaNet, our proprietary, secure, centralized, global processing platform, which provides transaction processing services linking issuers and acquirers. Data processing fees are recognized as revenues in the same period the related transaction occurs or services are rendered.

Data processing fees are primarily driven by the number, size and type of transactions processed and represent fees for processing transactions that facilitate the following services:

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Authorization. Fees to route authorization requests to the issuer when a merchant, through its acquirer, requests approval of a cardholder’s transaction.

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Clearing and settlement. Fees for determining and transferring transaction amounts due between acquirers and issuers.

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Single Message System, or SMS, switching. Fees for use of the SMS for determining and transferring debit transaction amounts due between acquirers and issuers.

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Member processing. Fees for use of the debit processing service, which provides processing and support for Visa debit products and services.

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Processing guarantee. Fees charged for network operations and maintenance necessary for ongoing system availability.

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Other products and services. Fees for miscellaneous services that facilitate transaction and information management among Visa members.

Volume and support incentives

Volume and support incentives are contracts with financial institution customers, merchants and other business partners for various programs designed to build payments volume, increase card issuance and product acceptance and increase Visa-branded transactions. These contracts, which range in term from one to 13 years, provide incentives based on payments volume growth or card issuance, or provide marketing and program support based on specific performance requirements. We provide cash and other incentives to certain customers in exchange for their commitment to generate certain payments volume using Visa-branded products for an agreed period of time.

Pricing varies among our different geographies and may be modified on a customer-by-customer basis through volume and support incentive arrangements. In this regard, volume and support incentives represent a form of price reduction to these customers. Accordingly, we record these arrangements as a reduction to operating revenues. Certain incentives are estimated based on projected performance criteria and may change when actual performance varies from projections, resulting in adjustments to volume and support incentives. Management regularly reviews volume and support incentives and estimates of performance. Estimated costs associated with these contracts are adjusted as appropriate to reflect payments volume performance and projections that are higher or lower than management’s original expectation or to reflect contract amendments.

International transaction fees

International transaction fees are assessed to customers on transactions where an issuer is domiciled in one country and a merchant is located in another country. International transaction fees are generally driven by cross- border payments volume, which include the settlement of single currency transactions and currency exchange activities in connection with the settlement of multi-currency transactions. International transaction fees are influenced in large part by levels of travel and the extent to which Visa-branded products are utilized for travel purposes. These fees are recognized as revenues in the same period the related transactions occur or services are performed.

Other revenues

Other revenues consist primarily of optional service or product enhancements, such as extended cardholder protection and concierge services, cardholder services and fees for licensing and certification. Other revenues also include licensing and other service related fees from Visa Europe under the framework agreement entered into as part of the reorganization. Other revenues are recognized in the same period the related transactions occur or services are rendered.

Operating Expenses

Our operating expenses consist of: personnel; network, electronic data processing (EDP) and communications; advertising, marketing and promotion; professional and consulting fees; depreciation and amortization; administrative and other; and litigation provision.

Personnel

Personnel expense consists of salaries, stock-based compensation, incentives and various fringe benefits.

Network, EDP and communications

Network, EDP and communications represent expenses for the operation of our electronic payments network, including maintenance, equipment rental and fees for other data processing services.

Advertising, marketing and promotion

Advertising, marketing and promotion include expenses associated with advertising and marketing programs, sponsorships, promotions and other related incentives to promote the Visa brand. In connection with certain sponsorship agreements, we have an obligation to spend certain minimum amounts for advertising and marketing promotion over the terms of the agreements.

Professional and consulting fees

Professional and consulting fees consist of fees for consulting, contractors, legal and other professional services. Legal costs for third party services provided in connection with ongoing legal matters are expensed as incurred.

Depreciation and amortization

Depreciation and amortization include depreciation expenses of properties and equipment, as well as amortization of purchased and internally developed software. Also included in this amount are depreciation and amortization of the incremental basis in technology and other assets acquired in the reorganization.

Administrative and other

Administrative and other primarily consist of facilities’ costs and other corporate and overhead expenses in support of our business, such as travel expenses.

Litigation provision

Litigation provision is an estimate of litigation expense and is based on management’s understanding of our litigation profile, the specifics of the case, advice of counsel to the extent appropriate, and management’s best estimate of incurred loss at the balance sheet dates. In accordance with SFAS No. 5, “Accounting for Contingencies,” management records a charge to income for an estimated loss if such loss is probable and estimable. We will continue to review the litigation accrual and, if necessary, future adjustments to the accrual will be made.

Other Income (Expense)

Other income (expense) primarily consists of interest expense, investment income, net and other non-operating income.

Interest expense

Interest expense primarily includes accretion associated with litigation settlements to be paid over periods longer than one year and interest incurred on outstanding debt.

Investment income, net

Investment income, net represents returns on our fixed-income securities and other investments.

Other non-operating income

Other non-operating income relates to the change in fair value of the liability under the framework agreement with Visa Europe.

Visa Inc. Three and Six Months Ended March 31, 2008 compared to Visa Inc. Pro Forma Results for the Three and Six Months Ended March 31, 2007

Operating Revenues

Operating revenues were $1.5 billion and $2.9 billion for the three and six months ended March 31, 2008, respectively, and pro forma operating revenues were $1.2 billion and $2.4 billion for the three and six months ended March 31, 2006, respectively, reflecting an increase of $0.3 billion, or 22%, and $0.6 billion, or 24%, over the three and six month prior year comparable periods, respectively. The increase in operating revenues reflects increases in payments volume, which increased 19% and 17% during the three and six months ended December 31, 2007, respectively, compared to the prior year comparable periods. It also reflects an increase in transactions processed, which increased by 15% and 14% during the three and six months ended March 31, 2008, respectively, compared to the prior year comparable periods. Revenue growth was also impacted by increases in the monetary value and the number of cross-border transactions during the three and six months ended March 31, 2008, compared to the prior year comparable periods.

Growth in our operating revenues exceeded growth in payments and transactions volumes due to newly introduced service fees in April 2007, and changes in pricing for various services outside the U.S. since December 31, 2006, as the regions outside the U.S. transitioned to a business model seeking to increase profitability. The new service fees and pricing modifications are discussed further under relevant revenue categories below. While we believe that these pricing changes will generate ongoing benefits, we do not believe that this rate of revenue growth is representative of sustainable future revenue growth because it includes the new service fees introduced in the second half of fiscal 2007. We expect future price increases to correlate more closely with innovations in our product line and improvements in our service model.

The following table presents our operating revenues for the three and six months ended March 31, 2008, compared to the pro forma three and six months ended March 31, 2007.


	Three Months Ended March 31,											Six Months Ended March 31,
	2008			Pro Forma 2007			$ Change			% Change		2008			Pro Forma 2007			$ Change			% Change
	(in millions, except percentages)
Service fees	$	792		$	614		$	178		29	%	$	1,524		$	1,191		$	333		28	%
Data processing fees		494			370			124		34	%		986			747			239		32	%
Volume and support incentives		(338	)		(187	)		(151	)	81	%		(588	)		(323	)		(265	)	82	%
International transaction fees		379			281			98		35	%		760			529			231		44	%
Other revenues		126			113			13		12	%		259			221			38		17	%

Total operating revenues	$	1,453		$	1,191		$	262		22	%	$	2,941		$	2,365		$	576		24	%

Service fees

Payments volume on Visa-branded cards for goods and services in the preceding quarter, exclusive of PIN-based debit volume, is the basis for service fees. Payments volume increased $107 billion, or 19%, to $681 billion for the three months ended December 31, 2007, compared to the prior year comparable period. Payments volume increased $192 billion, or 17%, to $1.3 trillion for the six months ended December 31, 2007, compared to the prior year comparable period. The growth in service fees outpaced the growth in underlying payments volume during the three and six months ended March 31, 2008, due primarily to new acceptance fees introduced in April 2007 to support merchant acceptance and volume growth initiatives, which superseded previously existing arrangements with issuers, and the introduction of a new brand development fee in January 2007. The acceptance fees increased service fee revenue by $56 million, or 9%, and $107 million, or 9%, for the three and six months ended March 31, 2008, respectively, compared to the prior year comparable periods. The acceptance fees reflect the restructuring of certain issuer programs in fiscal 2007. While we believe these changes will generate ongoing benefits, we do not believe that the rate of growth in service fees during the three and six

months ended March 31, 2008, is representative of sustainable future revenue growth because it includes the impacts of these new fees.

Data processing fees

The increase in data processing fees reflects growth in the number of transactions processed of 15% and 14% during the three and six months ended March 31, 2008, respectively, compared to the number of transactions processed in the prior year comparable periods. We processed 8.8 billion and 17.9 billion transactions during the three and six months ended March 31, 2008, compared to 7.6 billion and 15.7 billion transactions in the prior year comparable periods. Growth in data processing fees outpaced the growth in underlying transaction volumes due to various pricing modifications both inside and outside the United States which collectively increased data processing fees by $49 million, or 13%, and $104 million, or 14% over the prior year comparable periods. The pricing increases outside the United States took place after the first quarter of fiscal 2006 as our businesses outside the United States transitioned to a business model seeking to increase profitability. While we believe these pricing changes will generate ongoing benefits, we do not believe that the rate of growth in data processing fees during the three and six months ended March 31, 2008, is representative of sustainable future revenue growth because it includes the impacts of these changes in pricing.

Volume and support incentives

The increase in volume and support incentives in the current period was primarily attributable to unusually lower levels of contra revenue recorded in fiscal 2007. The lower volume and support incentives in fiscal 2007 were primarily driven by significant performance adjustments recorded in the period. In addition, fiscal 2008 incentives reflect the accounting impacts of: (i) conforming accounting policies of the acquired regions to that of the accounting acquirer; and (ii) the retirement of certain issuer programs in the prior year. Further detail of these and other factors are provided below.

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We recorded downward adjustments of $68 million related to U.S. based volume and support incentives in the first half of fiscal 2007 as compared to $5 million in adjustments the first half of fiscal 2008, resulting in a year-over-year increase of $63 million. The fiscal 2007 adjustments reflect the impact of lower estimates of future performance under the agreements as the rate of payments volume growth softened.

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As anticipated, volume and support incentives increased during the three and six months ended March 31, 2008 due to a non-recurring charge related to a customer agreement executed in the period, which increased volume and support incentives by $70 million.

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As further anticipated, the accounting impact of volume and support incentives assumed upon the restructuring of certain issuer programs in fiscal 2007 increased volume and support incentives by $54 million and $107 million during the three and six months ended March 31, 2008, respectively, versus the prior year comparable periods.

The actual amount of volume and support incentives will vary based on modifications to performance expectations for these contracts, amendments to contracts, or new contracts.

The net liability of volume and support incentives changed as follows:


	Fiscal 2008
	(in millions)
Beginning balance at October 1, 2007, net liability⁽¹⁾	$	(87	)
Provision
Current year provision		(591	)
Performance adjustments⁽²⁾		5
Contractual amendments⁽³⁾		(2	)

Subtotal volume and support incentives		(588	)

Payments		676

Ending balance at March 31, 2008, net asset⁽⁴⁾	$	1

(1)	Balance represents the net of the current and long term asset and current liability portions of volume and support incentives of Visa Inc. at October 1, 2007.

(2)	Amount represents adjustments resulting from management’s refinement of its estimate of projected sales performance as new information becomes available.

(3)	Amount represents adjustments resulting from amendments to existing contractual terms.

(4)	Balance represents the net of the current and long term asset and current liability portions of volume and support incentives as presented in the consolidated balance sheet of Visa Inc. at March 31, 2008.

International transaction fees

The increase in international transaction fees was primarily driven by single currency and multi-currency payments volume, which both experienced strong double digit growth compared to prior year comparable periods, reflecting more cross-border transactions and the continued expansion in the use of electronic payments for travel purposes as overall global travel has increased. Growth in international transaction fees outpaced the increase in single currency and multi-currency payments volume primarily due to modifications to pricing structures for these transactions outside the United States. The pricing increases outside the U.S. took place in all geographical regions after the second quarter of fiscal 2006 as our businesses outside the United States transitioned to a business model seeking to increase profitability. While we believe these pricing changes will generate ongoing benefits, we do not believe that the rate of growth in international transaction fees during the three and six months ended March 31, 2008, is representative of sustainable future revenue growth because it includes the impacts of these changes in pricing.

Other revenues

The increase in other revenues over the three and six month comparable periods was primarily driven by fees related to the Visa Extras loyalty platform in which enrolled Visa cardholders earn reward points toward qualifying purchases. Visa earns revenues from its financial service institution customers for administrative and rewards fulfillment services performed in support of the Visa Extras platform. Beginning in fiscal 2008, we increased fines associated with our Cardholder Information Security Program for acquirers whose merchants have not yet met compliance standards, resulting in an increase to other revenue of $4 million and $10 million during the three and six months ended March 31, 2008, respectively, compared to prior year comparable periods.

Operating Expenses

Operating expenses increased by $307 million and $337 million, or 39% and 21%, during the three and six months ended March 31, 2008, respectively, compared to pro forma operating expenses for the three and six months ended March 31, 2007. The change for both the three and six month periods primarily reflects increases in litigation provision and advertising, marketing and promotion during the three months ended March 31, 2008.

The following table sets forth the components of our operating expenses for the three and six months ended March 31, 2008 compared to our operating expenses on a pro forma basis for the three and six months ended March 31, 2007.


	Three Months Ended March 31,				2008 vs. 2007					Six Months Ended March 31,				2008 vs. 2007
	2008		Pro Forma 2007		$ Change			% Change		2008		Pro Forma 2007		$ Change			% Change
	(in millions, except percentages)
Personnel	$	289	$	269		20		7	%	$	572	$	542		30		6	%
Network, EDP and communications		78		69		9		13	%		161		137		24		18	%
Advertising, marketing and promotion		215		182		33		18	%		425		387		38		10	%
Professional and consulting fees		96		136		(40	)	(29	)%		194		237		(43	)	(18	)%
Depreciation and amortization		59		54		5		9	%		121		109		12		11	%
Administrative and other		75		74		1		1	%		149		150		(1	)	(1	)%
Litigation provision		292		13		279		NM			292		15		277		NM

Total Operating Expenses	$	1,104	$	797	$	307		39	%	$	1,914	$	1,577	$	337		21	%