Arbitron Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend

Holds Annual Stockholders' Meeting

The board of directors of Arbitron Inc. has approved the payment of a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 (ten cents) per common share. The dividend will be paid on or about July 1, 2013 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on June 17, 2013.

If the effective date of the pending merger with Nielsen Holdings N.V. is before June 17, 2013, the dividend will be pro-rated with stockholders receiving $0.001063829787234 per share per day for each day after March 15, 2013, the record date for the previously declared quarterly dividend. In accordance with the merger agreement, the pro rata dividend ensures that stockholders receive a dividend at the current rate until the closing of the pending merger with Nielsen. The pro rata dividend, which amounts to $0.10 per share for the full quarter, will be payable within 30 days after the merger closes to shareholders of record at the close of business on the day before the merger is completed.

As of May 17, 2013, there were approximately 26,863,200 shares outstanding.

Arbitron stockholders elected eleven individuals to the board of directors.

Shellye L. Archambeau , Sean R. Creamer , David W. Devonshire , John A. Dimling , Erica Farber , Ronald G. Garriques , Philip Guarascio , William T. Kerr , Larry E. Kittelberger , Luis G. Nogales , Richard A. Post were returned to the board for one year terms, expiring in 2014.

Stockholders also voted to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers as disclosed in the Arbitron Inc. Proxy Statement for the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission.