Wed 3/19/2008 12:55am

v priced at $44 and market cap of $42.53 billion before it trades wednesday in the us.

this compares with ma's market cap of 27.57 billion.

a comparison of the 2 before we trade.

ma

ipo at $39 on 5/24/2006 at market cap of $5.214 billion
1st day as high as 45.76 and closed at 45.7175 or +17.2%
closed 2006 at 98.0117 or +151.31%
closed 2007 at 215.037 or +119.4%
2008 at 210.25 or -2.2% ytd
pe at 36.42
est pe at 27.64
peg at 1.39
lt growth at 19.93
dec 2007 rev 1072.7

v

ipo at $44 on 3/18/2008 at market cap of $42.533 billion
dec 2007 rev 1488.0