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SECTION 1.2

Description of the concentration

Omnicom Group, Inc. (“Omnicom”) and Publicis Groupe S.A. (“Publicis”) intend to merge within the meaning of Article 3(1)(a) ECMR. The nature of the business of the parties is as follows:

-- Omnicom is a US global advertising, marketing and corporate communications company. It provides a broad range of advertising services across a variety of disciplines, including advertising, customer relationship management (“CRM”), public relations and specialty communications.

-- Publicis is a French international communications and advertising group. It provides a broad range of advertising services, including digital advertising, creative services, public affairs, corporate communications and events, media strategy, planning and buying and specialty communications.