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Yahoo
27-05-2025
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Publicis Groupe S.A. General Shareholders' Meeting of May 27, 2025
PUBLICIS GROUPE S.A. GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING OF MAY 27, 2025 Paris, May 27th, 2025 – The Publicis Groupe S.A. [Euronext Paris FR0000130577, CAC 40] Combined General Shareholders' Meeting took place today at 10am at the PublicisCinémas, chaired by Arthur Sadoun, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. The Combined General Shareholders' Meeting was also broadcast live on the website: The webcast will be available via the same link. With a quorum of 84,18%, shareholders adopted all 23 resolutions, including: payment of a dividend of 3.60 euros per share, an increase of 5.9% vs. the dividend paid for the 2023 financial year. The ex-dividend date is July 1st 2025, with the dividend payable on July 3rd, 2025 (3rd resolution); appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit as Statutory Auditor responsible for certifying the financial statements replacing Ernst & Young & Autres (5th resolution); appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit and KPMG S.A. as Statutory Auditors responsible for certifying sustainability information replacing Grant Thornton (6th and 7th resolutions); compensation paid or awarded with respect to the fiscal year 2024 to corporate officers (9th to 14th resolutions); compensation policies for 2025 for the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (15th resolution) and the Directors (16th resolution) as presented in the 2024 Universal Registration DocumentDetailed voting results are available on the website: Arthur Sadoun, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, presented the highlights of 2024 and the outlook for 2025: '2024 was another record year for the Groupe. After leading the industry on organic growth for three years, new business for five years, financial ratios for the past decade, and market capitalization since 2023, Publicis has become the world's largest advertising group. In a challenging global environment, the Groupe's organic net revenue growth stood at +5.8%, an acceleration compared to its average growth since 2020. At the start of 2025, this momentum continued, with Q1 organic growth of +4.9% and record new business, making us confident in achieving our guidance of +4% and +5% organic growth in 2025, despite ongoing macroeconomic uncertainty. I would like to thank the Board for its unwavering support, particularly its Vice-Chair, Élisabeth Badinter, and Maurice Lévy, Emeritus Chairman, whose visions and pioneering investments have positioned the Groupe to seize opportunities in the age of AI. I would also like to thank our clients and shareholders for their trust throughout our transformation, and our employees for their extraordinary efforts. Thanks to them, we have reached new heights as a Group, and we are well positioned to continue this momentum with ambition in 2025.' *** Composition of the Board of Directors Following this General Meeting, the Board of Directors remains composed of 13 members and two members representing employees. The Board remains largely composed of independent members. The Board of Directors met following the Annual General Meeting and decided, upon the recommendation of the Nominating Committee, to change the composition of the Committees as follows: Audit and financial risks Committee Chair: Thomas H. Glocer Members: André Kudelski, Suzan LeVine, Tidjane Thiam, Jean Charest Expert: Jean-Michel Etienne Nominating Committee Chair: Élisabeth BadinterMembers: Marie-Josée Kravis, Antonella Mei-Pochtler, André Kudelski, Thomas Compensation Committee Chair: Antonella Mei-PochtlerMembers : Thomas André Kudelski, Patricia Velay-BorriniExpert : Michel Cicurel Strategic, environmental and social Committee Chair: Marie-Josée KravisMembers: Simon Badinter, Sophie Dulac, Suzan LeVine, Jean Charest, Tidjane Thiam, Pierre Pénicaud About Publicis Groupe - The Power of OnePublicis Groupe [Euronext Paris FR0000130577, CAC 40] is a global leader in communication. The Groupe is positioned at every step of the value chain, from consulting to execution, combining marketing transformation and digital business transformation. Publicis Groupe is a privileged partner in its clients' transformation to enhance personalization at scale. The Groupe relies on ten expertise concentrated within four main activities: Communication, Media, Data and Technology. Through a unified and fluid organization, its clients have a facilitated access to all its expertise in every market. Present in over 100 countries, Publicis Groupe employs around 103,000 X | Facebook | LinkedIn | YouTube | Instagram | Viva la Difference! Contacts Publicis Groupe Amy Hadfield Director of Global Communications + 33 1 44 43 70 75 Jean-Michel Bonamy Investor Relations + 33 1 44 43 74 88 Attachment EN - CP - AG 27 MAI 2025Error while retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error while retrieving data
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Publicis Groupe acquires Captiv8 to build the world's most powerful connected influencer platform
PUBLICIS GROUPE ACQUIRES CAPTIV8 TO BUILD THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL CONNECTED INFLUENCER PLATFORM Captiv8 is the largest influencer technology marketing platform in the world, covering 95% of influencers with 5000+ followers. Combined forces of Captiv8 & Influential, anchored in Epsilon's connected identity will create an influencer platform of unmatched scale & reach, empowering brands to take full control of their social strategies on, off, and across social platforms. May 21, 2025 – Paris – Publicis Groupe [Euronext Paris FR0000130577, CAC 40] today announces the acquisition of Captiv8, the world's most advanced end-to-end influencer marketing platform. Captiv8 has a network of 15M creators globally, covering 95% of all influencers with +5000 followers. With its proprietary AI-powered technology, and leading social commerce suite, Captiv8 enables brands to unify, manage and measure their influencer strategies, and leverage creators to drive commerce at scale. Captiv8 is ranked the #1 Enterprise Influencer Platform by G2 thanks to a unified data foundation, AI automation, social listening technology and industry-leading Branded Storefronts solutions, which connect influencer, commerce and affiliate channels in a single platform. Captiv8 is active in 120 countries, adapted to local language and currencies, and processes over 2.5 billion social posts every year. The combination of Captiv8's global reach, proprietary technology and social commerce capabilities, with Influential's scale and client services, powered by Epsilon's identity and activation technology will create: The World's Largest Creator Network: together, Captiv8 and Influential connect brands to more than 15 million creators, covering both 95% of influencers with 5000+ followers and 90% of influencers with +1millon followers, enabling brands to reach highly engaged audiences at a scale that matches leading social media platforms. The most powerful AI Influencer Platform: Captiv8's top ranked Influencer platform will underpin Publicis' global Connected Influencer offering and be powered by Epsilon's CoreID to allow brands to unify, deploy and control their creator strategies and activations across social platforms, media channels, and markets. Industry-Leading Social Commerce Engine: with access to Captiv8's Creator Commerce capabilities, creators and brands will be empowered to monetize creator content and drive closed-loop conversion across social, commerce, and affiliate channels in a single environment. Transparent Measurement for Real Business Impact: By aggregating identity, influencer, and transaction data within Captiv8's platform, Publicis will be able to provide clients with transparent, real time, full-funnel measurement of the business impact of creator marketing across platforms and media channels. Captiv8 will be positioned within Publicis Connected Media and integrated with Influential to power Publicis Groupe's global Influencer offering worldwide. Arthur Sadoun, Global CEO, Publicis Groupe, commented: 'Through this acquisition, we are further reinforcing our Category of One, building the world's most powerful influencer platform by connecting the scale and service of Influential with Captiv8's unrivalled technology, grounded in Epsilon's connected identity. This platform is a one-stop-shop for our clients' influencer marketing initiatives. They can uniquely unite, plan and optimize creator strategies that are brand fit, brand safe, with fully transparent measurement. With what is now the largest influencer community, underpinned by the most advanced tech platform, we can ignite earned-first programs on behalf of brands, to supercharge campaigns with authentic virality and connect directly to commerce. As we continue to invest in the products and services that drive true differentiation for our clients and ourselves, I'm thrilled to welcome Krishna and the Captiv8 teams to the Publicis family.' Krishna Subramanian, Captiv8 Co-Founder & CEO, said: 'Captiv8 was built to unify the fragmented creator economy - turning influence into a commerce engine that drives real ROI. Publicis Groupe shares that vision for a fully connected, data-powered future. Together, we're not just scaling creator marketing, we're transforming it into a global growth channel that delivers measurable impact from first impression to final purchase' Ryan Detert, CEO of Influential added: 'We look forward to combining the power of Captiv8's award-winning influencer platform with Influential and providing best-in-class capabilities to all of our clients. As two leaders in the influencer marketing space, together, we bring unrivaled expertise, innovation, and transformation for our clients. We're excited to collaborate with Krishna and Sunil to co-author the future of global influencer marketing at Publicis.' About Publicis Groupe - The Power of OnePublicis Groupe [Euronext Paris FR0000130577, CAC 40] is a global leader in communication. The Groupe is positioned at every step of the value chain, from consulting to execution, combining marketing transformation and digital business transformation. Publicis Groupe is a privileged partner in its clients' transformation to enhance personalization at scale. The Groupe relies on ten expertise concentrated within four main activities: Communication, Media, Data and Technology. Through a unified and fluid organization, its clients have a facilitated access to all its expertise in every market. Present in over 100 countries, Publicis Groupe employs around 103,000 X | Facebook | LinkedIn | YouTube | Instagram | Viva la Difference! Please find the press release here Contacts Publicis Groupe Amy Hadfield Director of Global Communications +33 (0)1 44 43 70 75 Michelle McGowan U.S. Corporate Communications +1 312 315 5259 Eleanor Conroy EMEA Corporate Communications +447736746466 Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Business Upturn
21-05-2025
- Business
- Business Upturn
Publicis Groupe acquires Captiv8 to build the world's most powerful connected influencer platform
PUBLICIS GROUPE ACQUIRES CAPTIV8 TO BUILD THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL CONNECTED INFLUENCER PLATFORM Captiv8 is the largest influencer technology marketing platform in the world, covering 95% of influencers with 5000+ followers. Combined forces of Captiv8 & Influential, anchored in Epsilon's connected identity will create an influencer platform of unmatched scale & reach, empowering brands to take full control of their social strategies on, off, and across social platforms. May 21, 2025 – Paris – Publicis Groupe [Euronext Paris FR0000130577, CAC 40] today announces the acquisition of Captiv8, the world's most advanced end-to-end influencer marketing platform. Captiv8 has a network of 15M creators globally, covering 95% of all influencers with +5000 followers. With its proprietary AI-powered technology, and leading social commerce suite, Captiv8 enables brands to unify, manage and measure their influencer strategies, and leverage creators to drive commerce at scale. Captiv8 is ranked the #1 Enterprise Influencer Platform by G2 thanks to a unified data foundation, AI automation, social listening technology and industry-leading Branded Storefronts solutions, which connect influencer, commerce and affiliate channels in a single platform. Captiv8 is active in 120 countries, adapted to local language and currencies, and processes over 2.5 billion social posts every year. The combination of Captiv8's global reach, proprietary technology and social commerce capabilities, with Influential's scale and client services, powered by Epsilon's identity and activation technology will create: The World's Largest Creator Network: together, Captiv8 and Influential connect brands to more than 15 million creators, covering both 95% of influencers with 5000+ followers and 90% of influencers with +1millon followers, enabling brands to reach highly engaged audiences at a scale that matches leading social media platforms. The most powerful AI Influencer Platform: Captiv8's top ranked Influencer platform will underpin Publicis' global Connected Influencer offering and be powered by Epsilon's CoreID to allow brands to unify, deploy and control their creator strategies and activations across social platforms, media channels, and markets. Industry-Leading Social Commerce Engine: with access to Captiv8's Creator Commerce capabilities, creators and brands will be empowered to monetize creator content and drive closed-loop conversion across social, commerce, and affiliate channels in a single environment. Transparent Measurement for Real Business Impact: By aggregating identity, influencer, and transaction data within Captiv8's platform, Publicis will be able to provide clients with transparent, real time, full-funnel measurement of the business impact of creator marketing across platforms and media channels. Captiv8 will be positioned within Publicis Connected Media and integrated with Influential to power Publicis Groupe's global Influencer offering worldwide. Arthur Sadoun, Global CEO, Publicis Groupe, commented: ' Through this acquisition, we are further reinforcing our Category of One, building the world's most powerful influencer platform by connecting the scale and service of Influential with Captiv8's unrivalled technology, grounded in Epsilon's connected identity. This platform is a one-stop-shop for our clients' influencer marketing initiatives. They can uniquely unite, plan and optimize creator strategies that are brand fit, brand safe, with fully transparent measurement. With what is now the largest influencer community, underpinned by the most advanced tech platform, we can ignite earned-first programs on behalf of brands, to supercharge campaigns with authentic virality and connect directly to commerce. As we continue to invest in the products and services that drive true differentiation for our clients and ourselves, I'm thrilled to welcome Krishna and the Captiv8 teams to the Publicis family.' Krishna Subramanian, Captiv8 Co-Founder & CEO, said: ' Captiv8 was built to unify the fragmented creator economy – turning influence into a commerce engine that drives real ROI. Publicis Groupe shares that vision for a fully connected, data-powered future. Together, we're not just scaling creator marketing, we're transforming it into a global growth channel that delivers measurable impact from first impression to final purchase ' Ryan Detert, CEO of Influential added: ' We look forward to combining the power of Captiv8's award-winning influencer platform with Influential and providing best-in-class capabilities to all of our clients. As two leaders in the influencer marketing space, together, we bring unrivaled expertise, innovation, and transformation for our clients. We're excited to collaborate with Krishna and Sunil to co-author the future of global influencer marketing at Publicis. ' About Publicis Groupe – The Power of OnePublicis Groupe [Euronext Paris FR0000130577, CAC 40] is a global leader in communication. The Groupe is positioned at every step of the value chain, from consulting to execution, combining marketing transformation and digital business transformation. Publicis Groupe is a privileged partner in its clients' transformation to enhance personalization at scale. The Groupe relies on ten expertise concentrated within four main activities: Communication, Media, Data and Technology. Through a unified and fluid organization, its clients have a facilitated access to all its expertise in every market. Present in over 100 countries, Publicis Groupe employs around 103,000 professionals. | X | Facebook | LinkedIn | YouTube | Instagram | Viva la Difference!
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Publicis Closed Door Sessions return to Cannes Helping Clients Create AI Upside to fight the downturn
Publicis Closed Door Sessions return to Cannes, Helping Clients Create AI Upside to fight the downturn 15th May, 2025 – Paris – Publicis Groupe [Euronext Paris FR0000130577, CAC 40] today announced its Cannes Closed Door Sessions are back, with a new mission: unlocking real – and immediate - AI upside for clients, in an economic downturn. This year's festival will take place in the most challenging environment for our industry since Covid. Its leading players have registered average negative growth in Q1, while brands are navigating unprecedented uncertainty. Unlike during the pandemic, everyone will still gather on the Croisette. But this year, simply celebrating creativity for its own sake won't be enough. Leveraging the Cannes Lions as a platform for progress, Publicis will put creativity at the heart of innovative, ready-to-use AI solutions capable of increasing market share and reducing costs immediately. In a shrinking economy, more than ever clients need to target new prospects, optimise their content, make intelligent commerce gains, maximise their portfolios and better measure the most valuable channels for audiences like Gen Z. These are just some of the solutions at the heart of the closed door sessions, where the Groupe's leaders will share with every marketer, partner and investor how to deliver growth thanks to data and technology, powered by CoreAI and grounded in connected identity. They will deliver actionable initiatives tailored to the business imperatives of industries from CPG, to Health, Automotive, QSR, Finance, Retail and TMT. The sessions are accessible to every client & partner wanting to take part. Sign up here to reserve your spot: AIupside@ After taking the BS out of AI last year, Publicis is harnessing the real power of artificial intelligence in a downturn to drive concrete upside for every client, with ideas they can implement as soon as they return from Cannes. Arthur Sadoun, CEO of Publicis Groupe commented: 'With clients being challenged and our industry facing an unrelenting newsflow of restructurings and layoffs, this year's Cannes will have a different tone. And that calls for a different approach. Once again, artificial intelligence will be the star of the festival. But now more than ever, we can't afford to be distracted by AI theory, AI long term possible play or AI potential federations. If AI is going to truly build a better tomorrow for businesses and brands, we have to put it to work on real solutions, here and now. That is exactly what our closed doors sessions will do: show clients how to create AI upside to fight the downturn, and the gloomy forecasts of economists, analysts and the press. There won't be much sand and sun in those sessions, but there will be actionable ideas, clients can immediately implement to drive tangible business results, and offset any potential slowdown as early as next quarter. The old joke was 'what happens in Cannes, stays in Cannes'. This year, what happens in Cannes should drive instant positive business impact, beyond Cannes.' About Publicis Groupe - The Power of OnePublicis Groupe [Euronext Paris FR0000130577, CAC 40] is a global leader in communication. The Groupe is positioned at every step of the value chain, from consulting to execution, combining marketing transformation and digital business transformation. Publicis Groupe is a privileged partner in its clients' transformation to enhance personalization at scale. The Groupe relies on ten expertise concentrated within four main activities: Communication, Media, Data and Technology. Through a unified and fluid organization, its clients have a facilitated access to all its expertise in every market. Present in over 100 countries, Publicis Groupe employs around 103,000 X | Facebook | LinkedIn | YouTube | Instagram | Viva la Difference! Please find the press release here Contacts Publicis Groupe Amy Hadfield Director of Global Communications +33 (0)1 44 43 70 75 Michelle McGowan Corporate Communications +1 312 315 5259 Eleanor Conroy Corporate Communications +447736746466
Japan Times
28-04-2025
- Business
- Japan Times
Advertising giants brace for tariff-induced cuts to ad spending
Advertising firms are bracing for a pullback in clients' marketing expenditure, with the outlook for 2025 appearing increasingly muddled for the industry. Though companies like Paris-based Publicis and New York-headquartered Omnicom both recently dispelled the idea that tariff uncertainty had already squeezed clients' marketing budgets, they did not dismiss the possibility of a bumpy road ahead. "Of course, many of our clients are facing a very challenging situation due to uncertainty on tariffs, rising inflation and a geopolitical context that is more volatile than ever,' Publicis Chief Executive Officer Arthur Sadoun said on a call with analysts. Though this hasn't yet materialized in the company's numbers, "we could experience cuts from several clients across many industries for the rest of the year,' he added. Some companies are already tightening budgets. Forvia, a supplier of automotive parts, slashed marketing and travel expenses as it expects tariffs to hurt business. "Any external cost, any cash that runs out of the company is under strict scrutiny right now,' Chief Financial Officer Olivier Durand said on an earnings call. The car industry, one of the sectors most vulnerable to a trade war, is likely to lead the way in curtailing ad spend, according to Bernstein analyst Annick Maas. "It's a very logical and first place to cut back in uncertain or lousy environments because it's a lot easier to cut back your advertising budget versus firing people or shutting down locations,' Craig Huber, equity research analyst at Huber Research Partners, said. The flexible nature of marketing spending led Omnicom to take a cautious approach to its outlook, lowering the bottom end of its organic growth range to 2.5% from 3.5% previously. Publicis reiterated its full-year guidance of organic net sales growth of 4% to 5%, with 4% being a "solid floor' that prices in the current economic climate, Sadoun said. Analyst expectations currently sit below the midpoint of the range. Estimates and investor sentiment will continue to factor in the possibility of a sharp downturn in economic activity in the second half of 2025, Bloomberg Intelligence's Matthew Bloxham said. WPP said it hadn't seen clients pulling back on advertising due to tariffs yet, though warned that sales this year would remain flat or decline as much as 2%. "Uncertainty is not great for business confidence, and that's what we were talking about when we gave our guidance for the year,' WPP CEO Mark Read said in an interview Friday. Interpublic Group, whose acquisition by Omnicom is set to be completed this year, said the media market has been steady so far in April and the consumer has been resilient. "If the economy slows, we would see it in projects because they're somewhat more discretionary, or digital spend that you can action more quickly,' CEO Philippe Krakowsky said on a call with analysts. "But at this point, everybody's trying to understand when there'll be some measure of clarity.' Companies may be loath to make drastic budget cuts for fear of falling out of favor with consumers. "If these advertisers learned anything in the financial crisis and during COVID, it was that those firms that pulled back dramatically on advertising hurt their longer term outlook,' Huber said. It's "counterintuitive' to cut advertising in a time of economic stress because that's exactly the time when it's good to market to consumers that are being more strict with their budget, according to Bernstein's Maas. Advertising did tend to be cut first in past recessions, which hurt the likes of Publicis, IPG and Omnicom. "If you only have 3,000 clients and thousands of your clients are are having budget pressure, it's impacting you more than if you have thousands and thousands of clients,' Maas said. Even if drastic cuts don't materialize, advertisers will be more tactical with their spending, focusing on retail media networks, artificial intelligence-powered tools and other digital-first campaigns, while leaning away from splashy TV ads, Scotiabank analyst Nat Schindler wrote in a note earlier this month. Alphabet's search advertising business generated sales of $50.7 billion in the first quarter, ahead of analyst estimates. The insurance, retail, health care and travel industries helped buoy the unit, executives said on an investor call. Digital advertising peers Meta and Amazon, which report next week, will have a high bar to clear as investors look for signs of a slowing ad market. The second quarter "is shaping up to be about control, caution and conversions,' Schindler said. "For advertisers, that means maintaining spend where outcomes are clear, and dialing back where they aren't.'
