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Second Amendment to the Nielsen Company 401(k) Savings Plan

 Exhibit 4.2.2 
 SECOND AMENDMENT 
 TO THE 

NIELSEN COMPANY 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN 
 Pursuant to Article XIII of The Nielsen Company 401(k) Savings Plan (the “Plan”), and pursuant to duly authorized Resolutions of The Nielsen Company Administrative Committee, the Plan is hereby
amended effective as stipulated below: 
  

	1.	Effective January 1, 2009, Section 2.12 of the Plan is amended by the addition of the following sentence which shall appear as the next to the last sentence
of the first paragraph and shall now read as follows: 

 “Effective with that date, differential pay as
described in Section 414(u) of the Code shall count for applicable statutory limitations under the Code.” 
  

	2.	Effective January 1, 2010, Section 2.12 of the Plan is amended by the addition of (l) and shall now read as follows: 

“Compensation received by a Participant who is not employed at the time of payment by the Employer or an Affiliated Employer who is
part of the U.S. payroll” 
  

	3.	Effective January 1, 2010, Section 2.70 of the Plan is amended in its entirety and shall now read as follows: 

“Section 2.70 — USERRA and HEART 
 Shall mean the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994. 

Shall mean the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008.” 

 

	4.	Effective January 1, 2010, Section 10.09 of the Plan is amended by the addition of another paragraph which shall appear as the last paragraph of the Section
and shall now read as follows: 

 “A Participant who is receiving differential pay and who is
on active duty for more than thirty (30) days may request a distribution at any time prior to the completion of his active duty. This distribution shall be known as a “HEART” distribution. The distribution shall be limited to
Compensation Reduction Contributions, Catch-up Contributions, Roth Contributions and Roth Catch-up Contributions. No earning shall be distributed. Upon making a HEART distribution, the Participant will be suspended from making contributions to the
Plan for six (6) months. 

 A Participant who is eligible for a qualified reservist distribution and a
HEART distribution shall be deemed to have first elected to make a qualified reservist distribution.” 
  

	5.	Effective January 1, 2010, Section 16.10(b)(2) of the Plan is amended to replace “Direct Rollover” with “direct transfer.”

  

	6.	Effective January 1, 2010, Section 16.10(b)(3) of the Plan is amended to add the following at the end of the last sentence and shall now read as follows:

 “....,but only to the extent provided in (2) above.” 

 

	7.	Effective January 1, 2010, Section 16.11 of the Plan is amended in its entirety and shall now read as follows: 

“Section 16.11 — USERRA and HEART 

Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, service credits and contributions with respect to qualified
military service will be provided in accordance with Section 414(u) of the Code. 
 With respect to optional
provision of USERRA and HEART, unless specified to the contrary, the Plan shall only follow the mandatory provisions of such acts.” 

Executed as of the date indicated below opposite each name, by each Member of The Nielsen Company Administrative Committee. 

 

			
	 December 20, 2010
	  	 /s/ LINDA BRIGANTI

	Date	  	Linda Briganti
		
	 December 31, 2010
	  	 /s/ RICHARD FITZGERALD

	Date	  	Richard Fitzgerald
		
	 December 20, 2010
	  	 /s/ THOMAS S. KUCINSKI

	Date	  	Tom KucinskiThird Amendment to the Nielsen Company 401(k) Savings Plan

 Exhibit 4.2.3 
 THIRD AMENDMENT 
 TO THE 

NIELSEN COMPANY 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN 
 Pursuant to Article XIII of The Nielsen Company 401(k) Savings Plan (the “Plan”) and pursuant to duly authorized Resolutions of The Nielsen Company Administrative Committee, the Plan is hereby
amended effective as stipulated below: 
  

	1.	Effective January 1, 2011, Section 2.50 of the Plan is amended by the addition of subsection (o) which shall now read as follows:

 “(o) Rangefinder Publishing Co., Inc.” 

 

	2.	Effective June 30, 2011, Section 2.66 of the Plan is amended to add the phrase “In-plan Roth Rollover Conversion Account;” which shall appear after
“Roth Catch-up Contribution Account” and before “and.” 

  

	3.	Effective June 30, 2011, Article II of the Plan is amended by the addition of Section 2.75 which shall now read as follows: 

“Section 2.75 — In-plan Roth Rollover Conversion Account 

Shall mean a Sub Account established pursuant to Section 11.03 of the Plan.” 

 

	4.	Effective January 1, 2011, Section 7.02(a) of the Plan is amended by the addition of paragraph (X) which shall now read as follows:

 “(X) A participant in the Rangefinder Publishing Co., Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Trust who performs an Hour
of Service after October 29, 2010 will be vested in his Additional Employer Contributions and Profit Sharing Contributions as follows: 
  

			
	 Years of Vesting

Service
	  	 Non-forfeitable

Percentage

	 1
	  	0
	 2
	  	20
	 3
	  	100”

	5.	Effective June 30, 2011, Article XI of the Plan is amended by the addition of Section 11.03 which shall now read as follows: 

“Section 11.03 — In-plan Roth Rollover Conversion Account 

A Participant, a Beneficiary who was a spouse or an alternate payee who is a spouse or former spouse may elect to make an
In-plan Roth Rollover Conversion from available Vested Sub Accounts upon the occurrence of any of the following events: 
  

	 	(a)	 Severance from employment, death, disability or attainment of age
59 1/2 – all Sub Accounts;

  

	 	(b)	At any time – Participant’s Rollover Account, Employee After-tax Contribution Account, Employer Contributions Withdrawal Account; and

  

	 	(c)	Upon making a Qualified Reservist Distribution – Compensation Reduction Contribution Account and Catch-up Contributions Account. 

The election to make an In-plan Roth Rollover Conversion shall be made by delivering an Appropriate Request to the Employer. The transfer
of funds within the Plan shall take place as soon as practicable after receipt of the Appropriate Request. 
 The following
regulations shall be applicable to the In-plan Roth Rollover Conversion Account: 
  

	 	(a)	A Participant may only make an In-plan Roth Rollover Conversion by a direct rollover within the Plan and any funds distributed from the Plan cannot come back into the
Plan as an In-plan Roth Rollover Conversion; 

  

	 	(b)	Once funds have been credited to the In-plan Roth Rollover Conversion Account, the status of such Sub Account shall always be subject to the provisions of the Code
regulating Roth Contributions and such funds can not again be redesignated as non-Roth Contributions; 

  

	 	(c)	The Plan’s recordkeeper shall maintain a separate Sub Account which shall hold only In-plan Roth Rollover Conversion funds; 

 

	 	(d)	Outstanding loans are not eligible for an In-plan Roth Rollover Conversion; and 

 

	 	(e)	Hardship Withdrawals and Employee After-Tax Contributions Withdrawals can not be made from the In-plan Roth Conversion Account.” 

	6.	Effective January 1, 2011, Section 12.04 of the Plan is amended by the addition of subsection (l) and shall now read as follows:

 “(l) A Participant who is terminated from the US payroll as a result of an international transfer to a
member of the controlled group of the Employer shall continue to repay his loan through an ETF, loan coupon book or other methodology provided by the Plan’s recordkeeper. The Participant’s repayment shall continue to remain subject to the
loan default provisions of (h) above.” 
 Executed as of the date indicated below opposite each name, by each Member of The Nielsen
Company Administrative Committee. 
  

			
	 6/6/11
	  	 /s/ LINDA BRIGANTI

	Date	  	Linda Briganti
		
	 6/9/11
	  	 /s/ RICHARD FITZGERALD

	Date	  	Richard Fitzgerald
		
	 6/6/11
	  	 /s/ BRENDON PERKINS

	Date	  	Brendon PerkinsFourth Amendment to the Nielsen Company 401(k) Savings Plan

 Exhibit 4.2.4 
 FOURTH AMENDMENT 
 TO THE 

NIELSEN COMPANY 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN 
 Pursuant to Article XIII of The Nielsen Company 401(k) Savings Plan (the “Plan”) and pursuant to duly authorized Resolutions of The Nielsen Company Administrative Committee, the Plan is hereby
amended effective as stipulated below: 
  

	1.	Effective January 1, 2011, Section 2.12 of the Plan is amended by deleting “paid” where it appears in the second line of the Section and replacing
it with “of active employment.” 

  

	2.	Effective July 1, 2010, Section 2.37 of the Plan is amended by deleting the language in the last paragraph and replacing it with the following language so
that it now reads as follows: 

 “Hours of Service with Scarborough Research, National Consumer Panel, LLC,
Nielsen Catalina Ventures, e5 Global Media Holdings, LLC and NM Incite, LLC will count as Hours of Service under the Plan.” 
  

	3.	Effective July 1, 2010, Section 2.50 of the Plan is amended by deleting the language in the fourth paragraph and replacing it with the following language so
that it now reads as follows: 

 “Service with Scarborough Research, National Consumer Panel, LLC, Nielsen
Catalina Ventures, e5 Global Media Holdings, LLC and NM Incite, LLC shall be treated as Periods of Service with an Affiliated Employer.” 
  

	4.	Effective July 1, 2010, Section 2.50 of the Plan is amended by the addition of subsection (p) which shall now read as follows: 

“(p) NM Incite, LLC.” 
  

	5.	Effective October 1, 2011, Section 5.04 of the Plan is amended by the addition of another paragraph which shall appear as the last paragraph of the Section
and shall now read as follows: 

 “In no instance may a Participant direct more than twenty-five percent
(25%) of his allocable Plan contributions into the Nielsen Company Stock Fund.” 

	6.	Effective October 1, 2011, Section 5.05(b) of the Plan is amended by the addition of another paragraph which shall appear as the last paragraph of the
subsection and shall now read as follows: 

 “In no instance may a Participant transfer any percent or even
dollar amounts of his Account to the Nielsen Company Stock Fund after his interest in the Nielsen Company Stock Fund exceeds twenty-five percent (25%) of the value of his Account.” 

 

	7.	Effective October 1, 2011, Section 5.05(c) is redesignated as (d) and Section 5.05 (c) shall now read as follows: 

“Subject to the rules of this Section and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, a Participant may transfer his Account balance
invested in the Nielsen Company Stock Fund at any time.” 
  

	8.	Effective October 1, 2011, Section 8.01 of the Plan is amended by the addition of the following sentence and shall now read as follows:

 “A Participant may request that the Nielsen Company Stock held in his Nielsen Company Stock Fund shall be
distributed as part of his lump sum distribution either in kind or as cash.” 
 Executed as of the date indicated below opposite each
name, by each Member of The Nielsen Company Administrative Committee. 
  

			
		
	 8/25/11
	  	 /s/ LINDA BRIGANTI

	Date	  	Linda Briganti
		
	 8/31/11
	  	 /s/ RICHARD FITZGERALD

	Date	  	Richard Fitzgerald
		
	 8/25/11
	  	 /s/ BRENDON PERKINS

	Date	  	Brendon Perkins

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