PARIS, October 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
- Revenue: 1,627
- Growth (reported): +14,7%
- Organic growth: +2%
At September
30, 2012 (first 9 months)
(EUR million)
- Revenue: 4,711
- Growth (reported): +14.4%
- Organic growth: +2.5%
Maurice Lévy, Chairman and CEO of
Publicis Groupe:
"This was a summer
of contrasts: the upward trend continued through July and August,
then September brought a sudden downturn in the economies of
Europe. While southern
Europe has seen a steady decline
in advertising markets, starting in September, northern
Europe suffered downturns as
severe as they were sudden. Widespread as these downturns are, it
is France that has suffered most. Since the end of the summer,
advertisers have increasingly adopted a wait and see attitude,
cancelling or postponing campaigns. The situation in the rest of
the world is somewhat better, even if growth is slowing here,
too.
Given the
circumstances, Publicis has done well in achieving organic growth
of 2%, although this falls short of earlier expectations. While
July and August performances were in line with expectations,
September bore the full brunt of budget cuts triggered by the
marked downturn in economies: instead of the 6.6% growth forecast
for September, the month ended with negative growth of -1.6%,
mainly as a result of Europe. The
areas of concern are clearly identified and limited both
geographically and by sector and in no way undermine the potential
of Publicis Groupe.
Our investments in
the digital sector and emerging markets are paying off in terms of
growth of 7.5% and 6.3% respectively over the first nine months of
the year.
In the face of lackluster markets, advertisers cautious
attitude and the fragile economic situation in Europe,we must
exercise the greatest prudence in managing our operating
costs.
Our recent
performance in New Business and our growing penetration of digital
markets are reassuring proof of the quality of our teams and the
validity of the Groupe's proposals and potential for growth.
We will continue
to target our investment on segments and markets offering the
highest growth potential, foremost amongst them being digital.
I have every
confidence in Publicis Groupe's strengths, its strategy and its
ability to maintain its 2012 margin targets and improve its
long-term performance (+200 to 400 basis point improvement in
operating margin)."
I. Revenue
- 3rd quarter 2012
- Published growth
Publicis Groupe's consolidated revenue for Q3 2012 was
1,627 million euro, an increase of 14.7% on Q3 2011.
The impact of exchange rates variations between Q3 2011 and Q3
2012 was 119 million euros.
While aggregate growth for July and August was in line with
internal forecasts, September saw a downturn as sharp as it was
unexpected: growth for the month was negative at -1.6% under the
combined effect of cancelled or postponed campaigns, compared to
forecast growth of +6.6%. Europe
was the region hardest hit, with the other regions proving more
resilient.
Q3 2012 revenue by
region
(EUR million) Revenue Organic growth As Published
Q3 2012 Q3 2011 Q3 2012 Q32012/Q32011
Europe* 429 406 -3.6% +5.7%
North America 805 685 +3.2% +17.5%
BRIC+MISSAT** 220 184 +8.5% +19.6%
Rest of the world 173 144 +3.6% +20.1%
Total 1,627 1,419 +2.0% +14.7%
* Europe excluding Russia and Turkey
** MISSAT: Mexico,
Indonesia, Singapore, South
Africa and Turkey
- Europe: With negative
growth overall (-3.6%), Q3 was particularly difficult in the
southern European countries (-8.7%), while the downturn in northern
Europe was confined to -1.3%.
These negative performances reflect a combination of
postponed advertising spending and reductions in investment. As a
result, growth was negative in France (-2.2%), the United Kingdom (-0.8%) and Germany (-1.8%).
- North America: At
+3.2%, growth in North America
marked time temporarily in September, falling short of expectations
after aggregate growth of +6.1% for July/August. North America remains resilient, however, and
the negative factors are more non-recurrent than structural: loss
of the GM media and Search account reported in Q2, healthcare
budgets continuing to shrink (excluding sales group) and falling
levels of investment in retail.
-
BRIC + MISSAT countries
continued to perform strongly with growth of +8.5%reflecting the
vitality of major Asian countries such as Greater China (+16.2%) and India (+16.5%).
Brazil maintained a good growth
performance at +7.0%.
- ROW: growth came in at +3.6% despite the weakness of
certain countries such as Korea and Japan.
- At September 30, 2012
- Published growth
Publicis Groupe's consolidated revenue for the first nine months
of 2012 was 4,711 million euros, an
increase of 14.4% over the corresponding period in 2011. The impact
of exchange rates variations between 2011 and 2012 was 258 million euros.
Organic growth at September 30,
2012 was +2.5% compared with +6.9% at September 30, 2011.
Revenue at
September 30, 2012 (9 months) by
region
(EUR million) Revenue Organic Growth As Published
Sept. 30, Sept. 30,
2012 2011 Sept. 30, 2012 2012/2011
Europe* 1,308 1,258 -0.8% +4.0%
North America 2,312 1,957 +2.8% +18.1%
BRIC+MISSAT** 605 483 +8.8% +25.3%
Rest of the world 486 420 +3.8% +15,7%
Total 4,711 4,118 +2.5% +14.4%
* Europe excluding Russia and Turkey
** MISSAT: Mexico,
Indonesia, Singapore, South
Africa and Turkey
For the record, revenue was 1,452 million
euro in Q1 2012 and 1,632 million
euro in Q2 2012 (compared with 1,286 million and 1,413
million respectively for the corresponding periods in 2011).
Organic growth stood at 4.1% in Q1 2012 and 1.6% in Q2 2012 (6.5%
and 7.6% respectively for the corresponding quarters in 2011).
At September 30, 2012 (nine
months), digital activities combined with high-growth countries
accounted for 55.2% of the Groupe's consolidated revenue (allowing
for an overlap of 2.9%), distributed as follows:
- digital: 33.3% of total revenue (before the planned
acquisition of LBi, which should take digital's share up to some
35%) compared to 30.2% at September 30,
2011,
- fast growing markets :24.8% of total revenue compared to
23.7% in 2011.
II. Key Facts
- New Business at September 30:
2.4billion dollars
Net new business amounted to 2.4billion
dollars for the first nine months of the year.
Major new account wins included: Taco Bell (USA), Emerson
(China), Siemens (Germany),
Decathlon Sports Goods (India),
Trinity P3/ Honda (Australia),
Lenovo (Singapore, UAE), Group Bel
(Egypt), L'Oréal (Singapore).
Pfizer, the biggest advertiser in the pharmaceutical sector,
decided to concentrate all its advertising spending with three
leading communication groups, including Publicis Groupe. PHCG's
strategy in response to shrinking markets is bearing fruit.
- External growth
- Q3 acquisitions
- Full ownership of Bartle Bogle
Hegarty (BBH) via acquisition of the remaining outstanding
51% of BBH shares. The acquisition includes the Brazilian agency
NEOGAMA/BBH.
- CNC, a strategic and communications consultancy
based in Germany.
- Resultrix in India, a digital marketing agency
founded in 2008 with an international footprint in India, Singapore, the UAE and the USA. Resultrix is reputed for its performance
marketing expertise.
- Arachnid, a highly awarded digital agency in
Malaysia, reputed
for its strong creative. Founded in Kuala
Lumpur in 1996, Arachnid now employs over 60 digital
communications specialists and serves over 25 markets around the
world.
- September 20, 2012: conditional
agreement on an intended recommended cash offer to acquire all
outstanding shares of LBi.
LBi International N.V. is Europe's largest independent digital marketing
and technology agency with the necessary expertise across the board
- strategic, creative, media and technical - to create long-term
added value for its clients. Headquartered and listed in
Amsterdam, LBi currently employs
over 2,200 people in 16 countries.
As of October 25, shares held by
Publicis Groupe plus irrevocable commitments to tender shares
represent a total of 84.24% of the fully diluted sharecapital of
LBi. It is expected that the public offer will be made in the
second half of November.
The proposed acquisition of LBi will enable Publicis Groupe to
further strengthen its digital operations and enhance its
technology and information capabilities thanks to the advances made
by LBi. It will also increase the share of Groupe revenue derived
from digital operations in Europe
to around 30%, countering the effects of the bleak economic climate
in Europe at present.
- On January 31, 2012, Publicis
Groupe SA redeemed its 2012 Eurobonds at maturity for a total of
506 million euros in principal. The
redemption was funded from Publicis Groupe's available
liquidities.
- Following Dentsu's offer of February
13, 2012, Publicis Groupe purchased a block of its own
shares on February 17, 2012, for a
total price of 644.4 million euros,
or 35.80 euros per share. The
buy-back was made at a discount of 13.35% on Publicis Groupe's
closing share price on February 16,
2012. It will have a positive effect on diluted earnings per
share of approximately 6% in 2012 and 7% on a full year basis. Of
the 18 million shares acquired, 10,759,813 were immediately
cancelled. The remaining 7,240,187 treasury shares are being held
as treasury stock and will serve to cover presence- and
performance-based share attributions, stock option plans and
acquisition programs. The share buyback was funded entirely from
Publicis Groupe's available liquidities.
- With effect from July 30,
2012, Publicis Groupe SA had an early redemption option,
exercisable subject to 30 days' notice, with respect to all its
3.125% bonds convertible into and/or exchangeable for new or
existing Publicis Groupe shares (Oceanes) due July 30, 2014 and remaining outstanding, at par
value plus interest accrued (issuer's call).On June 29, 2012, Publicis Groupe SA gave notice of
its decision to exercise its early redemption option with respect
to all its 3.125 % bonds convertible into and/or exchangeable for
new or existing Publicis Groupe shares due July 30, 2014, issued on June 24, 2009. Almost all the outstanding bonds
(24 257 895) were tendered for conversion into shares
before the July 30 redemption date,
leaving only 11,016 bonds to be redeemed for cash at the early
redemption date. The conversion, resulting in an increase in equity
of 644 million euros coupled with a
concomitant reduction in net debt for the same amount, will
significantly strengthen the consolidated balance sheet for no
further dilution of diluted earnings per share.
III. Outlook
In its latest October estimates, ZenithOptimedia revised its
growth forecasts for global advertising markets in 2012 to 3.8%,
down from its March forecasts of 4.8% growth. Without the effect of
the US presidential election campaign, worldwide growth would be
down to 3.2%.
These reasonable growth trends in the advertising market held
good until the end of August. At the beginning of September,
however, the slowdown in the global economy - with a particularly
sharp downturn in European economies - brought advertising
investment to an abrupt halt.
Despite a challenging economic environment, particularly in
Europe, the Groupe remains
confident in its choices and intends to pursue its well-established
global strategy based on digital communications and high-growth
markets.
This strategy will enable Publicis Groupe, a world leader in
digital communications, to offer its clients the most innovative
and effective solutions in the technological world and to continue
its expansion in high-growth economies.
The Groupe therefore confirms its medium-term ambition of
generating 75% of its revenue from these two growth segments; the
lion's share of this revenue will come from the development of new
digital services such as e-commerce.
In the light of current global economic growth forecasts, and
the marked slowdown in the mature economies, the Groupe is paying
closer attention than ever to its cost structure and adjusting
rapidly to the situation over the quarters ahead.
Publicis Groupe nonetheless confirms its medium-term objective
of a +200 to 400 bp improvement in operating margin. The Groupe
also stands by its long-term aim of a dividend pay-out ratio of
35%.
This presentation contains
forward-looking statements. The use of the words "aim(s),"
"expect(s)," "feel(s)," "will," "may," "believe(s),"
"anticipate(s)" and similar expressions in this presentation are
intended to identify those statements as forward-looking.
Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
projected. You should not place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this
presentation. Other than as required by applicable securities laws,
Publicis Groupe undertakes no obligation to publish revised
forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after
the date of this presentation or to reflect the occurrence of
unanticipated events. Publicis Groupe urges you to review and
consider carefully the various disclosures it has made concerning
the factors that may affect its business, including the disclosures
made under the caption "Risk Factors" in the 2011 Registration
Document filed with the French financial markets authority
(AMF).
About Publicis Groupe
Publicis Groupe [Euronext Paris FR0000130577, part of the CAC 40
index] is the third largest communications group in the world,
offering the full range of services and skills: digital and
traditional advertising, public affairs and events, media buying
and specialized communication. Its major networks are Leo Burnett, MSLGROUP, PHCG (Publicis Healthcare
Communications Group), Publicis Worldwide, Rosetta and Saatchi
& Saatchi. VivaKi, the Groupe's media and digital accelerator,
includes Digitas, Razorfish, Starcom MediaVest Group and
ZenithOptimedia. Present in 104 countries, the Groupe employs
56,000 professionals.
Appendix
New Business
Q3 2012
2.4 USD
billion (net)
Main accounts awarded
Digitas
Heineken Group; L'Oréal China
(China); Whipcar (United
Kingdom); eBay (USA); Puma
(United Kingdom); Axis Bank
(India); Samsung (Brazil); Onstar (China); Delta (USA); Aetna Healthcare (USA); Jenn-Air (China); Intel (China,
Hong Kong); Emerson (China); Dassault Falcon (China); Nestlé
(India); HP (India); HP Indonesia (India); Kraft (USA); TIAA-Cref (USA); Airtel (India); American Express (USA); Dunkin' Donuts (USA); Goodyear (USA); Aflac (USA); Buick (USA) GMC (USA); Harley-Davidson (USA); Sprint (USA); MillerCoors (USA); Nissan (France); L'Oréal (France);
Renault (France); Taco Bell (USA);
Emerson (China); Nissan
(Germany); Wonderbra (France).
Kaplan Thaler Group
Acorda Therapeutics AMPYRA (USA); Daisy Sour Cream (USA); Shionogi Inc (USA).
Leo
Burnett
Novartis - Thera-Flu, Otrivin, Voltaren brands (Lithuania); Inse - (China); Merchant Bank of
Sri Lanka - Corporate
(Sri Lanka); Mengniu Dairy Company
- Zengouli Milk (China); Le Sun Chine Hotel (China); HNH Line -
Mobile App (China); Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations S.A. (Germany);
GlaxoSmithKline -Iodex Pain Balm (India); Atria/Campomos Meat Processing Company
(Russia); Fragrant Group Ltd. -
The Circle, Sukhumvit 11 properties (Thailand); Avis Budget Group - Avis Rent A Car
(USA); Ping An Insurance - Vehicle
insurance (China); Procter & Gamble and Teva (PGT); BKS
Investment Services (Russia);
Bacardi (United Kingdom);
Bridgestone Americas - Firestone (USA); Arcor (Argentina); Samsung (China, Switzerland, Poland); Profamila (Dominican Republic); Coke GmbH (Germany); Alior Bank (Poland); Free Lanka
Trading Ltd. (Sri Lanka); Chocolat
Frey (Switzerland); Mister Rice
(Switzerland); Coca-Cola Company
(USA); Nickelodeon (USA); Ikea (Asia
Pacific); Coleman (Japan);
Amana Takaful Insurance (Sri
Lanka); CIC Holdings (Sri
Lanka); Organization of Professional Associations (OPA)
(Sri Lanka); Co-Operative Grocery
(United Kingdom); Just Group -
Jay Jay's (Australia); Kellogg's Be Natural (Australia); McDonald's McCafe& Family
(Australia); Decathalon Sports
Goods (India); Air New Zealand
(Japan); Animex/ Berlinki Sausages
(Poland); Polfarma Pharmaceutical (Poland); Coca-Cola Company/
Vitamin Water (United Kingdom);
Trinity P3/ Honda (Australia);
Vodafone (Hungary); Kraft/
Milka (Poland); PGE S.A.
(State-Owned Power Company) (Poland); Rovese (Poland); Mikado
(United Kingdom); Keytrade Bank
(Belgium); Carrefour (Brazil); TD Bank (Canada) Goodyear Coach Business (Germany); Dunlop
EMEA (Germany); Holiday Iq
Travel Website (India); Abbott
Labs FreeStyle Blood Sugar Monitor (India); Cosmoprof B2B Beauty Trade Show
(Italy); Intersnack Felix Snack
Foods (Poland); Food Network (United
Kingdom).
MSLGROUP
Walmart (Hong Kong); Taitra
(Taiwan).
Publicis Worldwide
Confused.com (United Kingdom);
Astelit (Ukraine); Nutricia/Day
Care (Netherlands); PostNL
(Netherlands);
Johnson&Johnson/Vision Care (Netherlands); Randstad (Netherlands); Reiswezen (Netherlands); Danone/Actimel, Activia
(Netherlands); Dutch Heart
Foundation (Netherlands); BVG
(Germany); Infoteam Software
(Germany); Knorr-Bremse
(Germany); L'Oreal-GarnierOila
(Germany);
MaschinenfabrikReinhausen (Germany); Nestlé/Nescafé, Nesquick
(Germany); Siemens/Mobility and
Logistics (Germany); Movistar
(Venezuela);Everything Everywhere
(London); REECL (Bulgaria); Sanquin Blood Supply (Netherlands); Nestlé/Haagen-Dazs (Canada); Visa/Visa cards (Bulgaria); OMV (Romania); Romanian Police (Romania); SAB Miller/Ursus (Romania); Bongrain/Geramont (Germany); Commerzbank (Germany); DII/DII Annual Conference
(Germany); PatriziaImmobilien
(Germany); Siemens/Siemens VAI
(Germany); Insinger de Beaufort
(Netherlands); Steico
(Germany); Heinz (Russia); FratelliCarli (Italy); Jagermaister (Italy); Habib's (Brazil); Camisaria Colombo (Brazil); Discovery Channel (Brazil); Drogaria (Brazil); Galaxy Macau (Hong Kong); Wrigley
(China); MSD (China); Shenzhen Development Bank (China);
Ahwa Infant Product (China); Shionogi Ospemifene (USA); Presidio (USA); Cattem (USA); Sanofi/Oenobiol/CRM (France).
Saatchi & Saatchi
Kraft Foods - Kool-Aid, Capri Sun (USA); Air new Zealand (NewZealand); Parmalat
(Italy); Virgin Strauss (UK); Big
W (Australia); Port of
Antwerp (Belgium); Canal+ (Poland); Carnival Cruise
Lines (Australia); Chivas -
digital (China); COFCO Lolas (China); Bintan (Singapore/Saatchi
Lab); DG Com/European Parliament - Visual identity
(Belgium/ pan-European); Kraft
Foods - Kool-Aid, CapriSun (US Hispanic); Nike Foundation
(United Kingdom/Nigeria); Subway (Singapore/Saatchi
Lab); Club Med (France/global); Radisson Edwardian Hotels
(United Kingdom),
MillerCoors/Miller Lite (USA/NY),
ASB Bank (New Zealand); Springwel
(India); Mondelez International -
Trident (Egypt); Lenovo
(UAE/MENA); Bin Zager - Zahra and Nakhlatein (Saudi Arabia); Lenovo (UAE, Singapore); Everything Everywhere
(United Kingdom); HCL Tablets
(India); Alta
ConsejeriaTelecomunicaciones (Colombia).
StarcomMediaVest Group
Dabur India (India); DiGi
Telecommunications SdnBhd (Malaysia); Lazurde (UAE); Polbank (Poland);
ZhuJiang Beer (China); Heineken (Global); Lower Silesia Voivodship
2012 Campaign (Poland); Bertel O Steen (Norway); Björn Borg (Norway); C'estbon (China); Kaz (PUR)
(USA); Axis Bank (India); United Laboratories, Inc.
(Philippines); Silesian Voivodship
(Poland); mtc (Ukraine);
William Hill (Sweden); Nike- Experiential Marketing (Liquid
Thread) (UAE); TXTloan (United
Kingdom); Autobarn (Australia).
ZenithOptimedia
ABD IBRAHIM (Turkey); VAKKO (Turkey); Santander (Mexico); Kobe
&Lyne (Indonesia); Qantas
(Australia); Home Depot
(Canada); Rabobank (Germany); TotalizatorSportowy (Poland); Maspex
(Poland); Nestlé (Hong Kong);
Energy Market Authority (Singapore); Darty (Turkey); AMK (Turkey); Kiler (Turkey); Qualitynet (Kuwait); Daymod (Turkey); Dollardex (Singapore); Science Centre Board (Singapore); Save Our Planet Investments Pte
Ltd (Singapore); Tatil.com
(Turkey); Euro 2012 (Poland); Aviva
(France); Ministry of National Development (Singapore); Group Bel (Egypt); BhartiWalMart (India); Singapore Workforce Development Agency
(Singapore); GoodvinePte Ltd
(Singapore); TV 2 (Turkey); City Developments Limited
(Singapore); L'Oréal (Singapore).
2012 Press
Releases
01-11-2012 Half-Year
financial statement liquidity contract with SG Securities
(Paris)
01-18-2012 Publicis
Groupe acquires Mediagong, one of France's most innovative digital
agencies
01-25-2012 Publicis
Groupe acquires The Creative Factory, strengthening Saatchi &
Saatchi in Russia
01-25-2012 Publicis
Groupe regrets that a long-lasting relationship with GM has
ended
01-26-2012 Publicis
Groupe to acquire Pixelpark AG, Germany's largest independent digital group,
via a friendly takeover bid for Eur
1.70 per share
02-01-2012 Publicis
Groupe acquires Flip Media, a leading middle eastern digital
agency
02-09-2012 Publicis
Groupe : 2011 Annual Results
02-13-2012 Publicis
Groupe publishes public tender offer document for Pixelpark AG
02-17-2012 Publicis
Groupe announces buy-back of 18 million of its own shares from
Dentsu
02-22-2012 Publicis
Groupe accelerates China expansion with acquisition of U-Link
business solutions Co. Ltd
03-08-2012 Publicis
Groupe acquires King Harvests and Luminous, accelerating its
expansion in China and
Singapore
03-08-2012 Pixelpark:
Publicis Groupe waives minimum acceptance quota of 75% and re-opens
the acceptance period until March 21,
2012
03-08-2012 France
Télécom-Orange and Publicis Groupe partner with Iris Capital
Management to create a leading European venture capital investor in
the digital economy
03-15-2012 Publicis
Groupe announces Sébastien Danet's appointment as Chairman of
VivaKi France
03-20-2012 Pixelpark:
Publicis secures more than 76% of the shares in Pixelpark AG
03-29-2012 Press
Release of the Supervisory Board
04-19-2012 Q1 2012
Revenue
04-24-2012 Publicis
Groupe acquires Indigo Consulting, award-winning Indian digital
marketing & technology agency
04-26-2012 Publicis
Groupe announces the appointment of Anne-Gabrielle Heilbronner
05-14-2012 Publicis
Groupe acquires Longtuo, aiming for a dominant role in China's
booming e-Commerce market
05-21-2012 Publicis
Groupe announces the creation of Saatchi & Saatchi Duke, a new entity combining the Saatchi
& Saatchi and Duke agencies in France
05-29-2012 Publicis
Groupe Annual General Shareholder's Meeting dividend set at
0.70 euros per share. Supervisory
board: Elisabeth Badinter re-elected
President.
05-31-2012 The
Supervisory Board's decision - May 29,
2012
06-18-2012 Publicis
Groupe to acquire BBR Group becoming one of Israel's leading communications groups
06-18-2012 Publicis
Groupe becomes first communications group to enter the Palestinian
market through acquisition of an equity stake in Zoom
Advertising
06-19-2012 Russel
Kelley retires after 10 years as General Counsel of Publicis
Groupe. Eric-Antoine Fredette
appointed General Counsel
06-27-2012 New
conversion/exchange Ratio for the
Océanes 3.125% due July
30th, 2014
06-28-2012 Overview
of the share buyback program authorized by shareholders at their
Combined Ordinary and Extraordinary General Meeting of May 29, 2012
06-29-2012 Notice of
the exercise of early redemption option with respect to the 3.125%
Bonds convertible into and/or exchangeable for new or existing
Publicis Groupe shares due July 30,
2014
07-03-2012 Half-Year
financial statement liquidity contract with SG Securities
(Paris)
07-05-2012 BBH
becomes 100% owned by Publicis Groupe. Deal includes acquisition of
Brazil-based agency
NEOGAMA/BBH
07-10-2012 Publicis
Groupe: Cessation and Implementation of a Liquidity Contract
07-10-2012 Publicis
Groupe acquires CNC, German-based strategic consultancy network
with global footprint will align to MSLGROUP
07-20-2012 Publicis
Groupe 3.125% Convertible Bonds due July 30,
2014
07-20-2012 Publicis
Groupe - H1 2012 Results
08-03-2012 Publicis
Groupe files its 2012 Half-Year Financial Report
07-08-2012 Publicis
Groupe acquires Resultrix, India's
Leading Performance Marketing Agency
09-20-2012 Publicis
Groupe SA and LBi International N.V. Agreement on Intended
Recommended Public Cash Offer
09-24-2012 Publicis
Groupe SA to buy shares in LBi International N.V. in the market in
coming days
09-24-2012 Publicis
Groupe SA buys 6.5 million shares of LBi International N.V. in the
market today
09-25-2012 Publicis
Groupe SA owns 12% in LBi International N.V.
09-28-2012… Publicis Groupe SA - Share purchases in
LBi International N.V.
10-09-2012 Publicis
Groupe SA acquires Premier Malaysian Interactive Agency Arachnid,
bolstering Saatchi & Saatchi Digital Offer in APAC
10-09-2012 Publicis
Groupe SA to request the AFM approval of the Offer Document in
respect of the Intended Recommended Public Cash Offer in due
course
10-10-2012 Publicis
Groupe SA owns 16% in LBi International N.V.
10-24-2012 Publicis
Groupe - Legal Department Appointments
Glossary
Net financial debt (or net debt): equals the
long and short term financial debt plus associated derivatives fair
value, less cash and cash equivalent
Average Half Year net debt: half year average of average
monthly net debt.
Net new business: this figure is derived not from
financial reporting but from estimated media-marketing budgets
based on annual business (net of losses) from new and existing
clients.
Operating margin: The operating margin is equal to the
revenue after deduction of personnel expenses, other operating
expenses (excluding non current income and expenses), depreciation
and amortization (excluding intangible arising from
acquisitions).
Operating margin rate: operating margin/revenue.
Organic growth
calculation
Currency impact
(EUR million) Q3 2012 (EUR million)
2011 Revenue 1,419 GBP(2) 10
Currency impact 119 GBP(2) 84
Others
2011 Revenue at 2012 exchange rate (a) 1,538 (2) 25
2012 Revenue before impact of acquisitions
(1) (b) 1,569 Total 119
Revenue from acquisitions (1) 58
2012 Revenue 1,627
Organic Growth (b/a) +2.0%
1. Acquisitions (FrequenceMedicale,
C4L - MVS, KitkattNohr, Airlock, Holler, Chemistry Communications,
Talent, ICL Taiwan, GP7 Red Lion,
Watermelon, S&S South Africa, Genedigi, Rosetta Marketing
Group, Big Fuel, Nuatt, SpillmanFelser, DPZ, Schwartz, Brand
Connections, Wangfan, Gomye, Ciszewski, The Creative Factory,
Luminous, Mediagong,U-Link Business solutions, King Harvests,
Indigo, Flip, Webformance Saint Brieuc, Pixelpark, Longtuo, BBR,
BBH, Neogama, CNC, Webformance Bordeaux, AR Media) net of
disposals.
2. Average exchange rate Sept. 30, 2012: 1 USD = 0.781
EUR
1 GBP =
1.232 EUR
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