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Shareholder's Meeting via a live webcast

Publicis Groupe SA announced that its Combined General Shareholders' Meeting held on May 29, 2013, the shareholders approved the dividend of EUR 0.90 per share, with shareholders being granted the option to receive payment of the dividend in either cash or new shares. The option for payment of the dividend in shares must be exercised between June 5 and June 25, 2013 inclusive. The ex-dividend date was set at June 5, 2013. Payment of dividends in cash and in delivery of new shares will be made on July 5, 2013. The shareholders approved the appointment of Mr. Jean Charest as a member of the Supervisory Board, replacing Mr. Félix Rohatyn, whose term of office has expired. The chair of the Supervisory Board noted Mr. Rohatyn's departure with regret, and thanked him for his commitment and invaluable contribution to the work of the Supervisory Board.

Publicis Groupe SA announced the elevation of Stephan Beringer to Chief Growth and Strategy Officer, and Anthony Lye to the role of Global President of Digital Products and Platforms. Both are newly created roles. San Francisco-based Lye and Paris-based Beringer will both report to Lord. Lye will also report to Luke Taylor, Global CEO of DigitasLBi. Beringer, will be responsible for creating and deploying cross-agency teams that are tailor-made for current and potential clients. Beringer will collaborate with both DigitasLBi and Razorfish leadership to create global precision task forces that mine from the best of the two agencies, with a shared focus on a particular client need. Lye, is responsible for driving the multi-agency Digital Platform Strategy and Investment, which includes LBi's Audience Engagement Platform (2011), Digitas' CRM365 (2011) and BrandLIVE (2012), and Razorfish's Fluent (2012). He will work closely with the product development teams across DigitasLBi and Razorfish to create a premium product and platform offering that can scale across clients, and serve as the technology cradle fueling all agency brands and clients.